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“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”

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“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”

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“I knew I was a girl. And so that weekend, I got to be me.”

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“I knew I was a girl. And so that weekend, I got to be me.”

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"There was this hole that I had all of my life."

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"There was this hole that I had all of my life."

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"This was one person who hated and I have seen hundreds of people who love. And I think love wins."

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"This was one person who hated and I have seen hundreds of people who love. And I think love wins."

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"At my house, only one person got the mail, and that was my mother."

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"At my house, only one person got the mail, and that was my mother."

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“I had a child to raise and I just could not die right then.”

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“I had a child to raise and I just could not die right then.”

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"It was the first time I met openly gay people."

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"It was the first time I met openly gay people."

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"I went as macho as I could be to mask what I was underneath."

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"I went as macho as I could be to mask what I was underneath."

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"I felt like this weight had just been lifted out of me."

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"I felt like this weight had just been lifted out of me."

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“I can't imagine anyone deserting a child for any reason.”

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“I can't imagine anyone deserting a child for any reason.”

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"The only way that I could see out of that situation was to take my life."

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"The only way that I could see out of that situation was to take my life."

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“Being happy is not in spite of being queer. It is a part of it.”

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“Being happy is not in spite of being queer. It is a part of it.”