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William Dameron

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Born
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Memoir, Gay and Lesbian, Fiction

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William Dameron is an award winning blogger, memoirist, and essayist. His work has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Times (UK),The Boston Globe, Salon, Literary Hub, The Huffington post, and in the book, Fashionably Late: Gay, Bi and Trans Men Who Came Out Later in Life. He is an IT Director for a global economic consulting firm, where he educates users on the perils of social engineering in cybersecurity. William, his husband, and blended family of five children split their time between Boston and the coast of southern Maine. His book, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out is a New York Times Recommended Read and named one of the Best LGBTQ Memoirs of 2019 by The Advocate ...more

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How do I do what you have done? How do you live your truth when it hurts people you love?
William Dameron This was the question that took most of my life to answer, until I realized that continuing to lie, or telling the truth we’re both forms of deception…moreThis was the question that took most of my life to answer, until I realized that continuing to lie, or telling the truth we’re both forms of deception. While the truth might sting, those you love deserve to know the real you. When I realized that lying to my family was causing them to question their self worth, I realized that lying and gas lighting them was more painful and deceptive than giving them the truth they deserved. (less)
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“What we put out into the universe comes back to us, but who can predict the amount of time it takes to make its return, or what form it will assume?”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out
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“I told one of the monks that I was Christian, but this place, it felt so spiritual to me. Do you know what he said?” I shook my head. “‘Same God, different name.”
― William Dameron, The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out
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“The lotus grows in the mud, but it reaches up for the sun, and as it emerges it produces the most beautiful flower in the world. According to Buddha, every person has the potential to become enlightened and to become perfect. It is just a matter of time before we reach the light. If not in this life, then the next, or the one after that.”
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