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Systematic oppression, a hostile culture, and self-hatred damaged gay men, and when the ’70s presented a sexual liberation unimagined only a few years before, it resulted in sexual behaviors and environments that created the perfect storm
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“Our responsibility is to tell you the truth. But since you were never told the truth, you will believe it a lie. Lies are more affectionate than truth and embrace with both arms.”
― The Prophets
― The Prophets
“Why should I trust the internet?' my mother asked. 'It gets into my house and I don't know how.”
― Priestdaddy
― Priestdaddy
“I promise you that my father had never even looked at a garden. Flowers registered to him as very small bitches, far off in the distance.”
― Priestdaddy
― Priestdaddy
“That silver car is his dildo, Tricia,' she says. 'He's compensating with that car.”
― Priestdaddy
― Priestdaddy
“A beautiful backdrop is an aesthetic luxury, same as shelves of books and music lessons and trips to museums on weekends. It is green, green money to roll in.”
― Priestdaddy: A Memoir
― Priestdaddy: A Memoir
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