Rothenberg, then in his early twenties, was for pretty much the first time in his life finding hooking up with people easy. A regular at the Stud’s disco night, he was known for starting off his routine at local comedy clubs by saying “I like my women like I like my coffee … I don’t like coffee.” Fifteen years later, he sits outside a West Hollywood Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf reminiscing with a woman about his days as an out-and-proud gay man. The woman happens to be his wife.