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“The pressures on gay teens can be overwhelming--to keep secrets, tell lies, deny who you are, and try to be who you're not. Remember: you are special and worth being cared about, loved, and accepted just as you are. Never, ever let anyone convince you otherwise.”
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“Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake--you know, to send the right message to kids.”
― New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
― New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
“... gay marriage rights coming and going, always being an issue for the voting public when it should be an individual‘s private choice.”
― Being Screwed
― Being Screwed
“[A] couple I had known - who were old friends - asked me what I was going to work on next. I told them I wanted to write a near future book about AIDS concentration camps. They were vehement in their response: they thought it was a terrible idea. Their words both shocked and saddened me. "Do you really want to write a book about homosexuals?" they asked me. "Won't people who read your work be influenced toward sin?"
I notice that I don't hear from them much lately.”
― The Immortals
I notice that I don't hear from them much lately.”
― The Immortals
“You can argue that it's a different world now than the one when Matthew Shepard was killed, but there is a subtle difference between tolerance and acceptance. It's the distance between moving into the cul-de-sac and having your next door neighbor trust you to keep an eye on her preschool daughter for a few minutes while she runs out to the post office. It's the chasm between being invited to a colleague's wedding with your same-sex partner and being able to slow-dance without the other guests whispering.”
― Sing You Home
― Sing You Home
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