Hi Everyone, I'm brand new here and I just wanted to introduce myself.  I'm gay, not quite forty, living in NYC, atheist (I kinda prefer the term non-theist but that's another discussion!) At any rate, I'm hoping to find a space away from religion and all the damage it's done to me.  I'm certain my story/background isn't anywhere near the trauma some of you have had to cope with.  I wasn't rais…