Yes, that's right—although, according to the book, the organisations he left the royalties to never got very much from it, as he was not good with money and there wasn't much left. The accounts of the AIDS pandemic and Sylvester's death near the end of the book are really moving—it ends with a description of his memorial service at a queer-friendly church called the Love Center which he'd attended, and that whole section was a lot to read. (Another really interesting look at religion and queerness, actually, I thought).

I always find it vindicating for queer people to reclaim religious symbols like that, while not necessarily being/wanting to be religious.... if that makes sense?

I think so! I suppose for me it's partly about exploring different ways to be religious—religion and its symbols have often been used for homophobia, but you don't have to reject (or feel yourself entirely rejected by) those things and their deeper meaning, even as you do reject the homophobia and the rest of the conservative institutions associated with them—in fact they can have more meaning when considered in a queer context. Or something.

Ooh, Janus sounds interesting! Yes, definitely a thing for concealed identities—also something that comes up in White Cockades, of course :D