When there is a disagreement over his new boyfriend, 16 year old Tommy runs away from home to his favorite Uncle in Manhattan. Uncle Tony is much less sympathetic than Tommy hoped for, but then Tony is hiding his own secret. Or at least he thinks he is. When his sister Rose arrives looking for her son, Tony discovers that the entire family knows already knows the truth and nobody cares. Certainly not Rose, who settles matters with her son and gives her brother some much needed perspective.