I just read JUST AS I AM for the first time ever and I see a lot of his autobiography in this book:
* dealing with Kyle's death that appears to have been a suicide reminds me of Randy's own death
* his depression and finally going to see a therapist, coming to grips with sexuality
* reading this now I was like YEAH TRENT IS THE MAN but I remembered how in LOVE OF MY OWN he did get with a woman
* that dang on BASIL
* his mentioning of the fraternity and their homophobic attitudes
Overall I guess reading this book now helped me to see a lot of autobiographical parallels between Raymond and E. Lynn. . . he might try to say Raymond is fiction, but there is TRUTH in every fiction.