Joel is in graduate school at the Ohio State University in the early 1980s. He came out as gay to his family and friends.
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| Joel being silly at Crescent Beach |
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| Joel in Boston with OSU classmates |
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| Joel and Jamie Josifek in Boston |
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| Joel with Jeff Prine atop the World Trade Center |
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| Joel at the Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine |
Joel dated Brian Knedler starting in the summer of 1980:
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| Joel and Brian sunbathing by the Olentangy River in Columbus, Ohio |
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| Joel and Brian in Brian's apartment on Iuka Ravine, Columbus, Ohio |
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