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“To be in the service for my country is the greatest thing I thought I did.”
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“To be in the service for my country is the greatest thing I thought I did.”

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“I was secretly really envying you to be able to be yourself.”
3:16

“I was secretly really envying you to be able to be yourself.”

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“It was almost like we were canoeing through molasses.”
2:53

“It was almost like we were canoeing through molasses.”

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“Has my collecting vacuums ever been a problem in our relationship?”
2:45

“Has my collecting vacuums ever been a problem in our relationship?”

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"When we turned the corner, the sound of the crowd, I will never forget that."
3:10

"When we turned the corner, the sound of the crowd, I will never forget that."

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“He would sit and tell us what it was like to be gay in 1890.”
3:40

“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.”
2:47

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

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“I remember never being so afraid and so excited in my entire life.”
2:56

“I remember never being so afraid and so excited in my entire life.”

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“One reason I love you so much is you know what I went through and you don’t feel threatened.”
2:54

“One reason I love you so much is you know what I went through and you don’t feel threatened.”

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“It shouldn’t be scary to be who you are."
3:07

“It shouldn’t be scary to be who you are."

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"I had to be who I wasn’t so that I could survive."
2:49

"I had to be who I wasn’t so that I could survive."

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"My name is John Banvard. I am 100 years of age."
2:37

"My name is John Banvard. I am 100 years of age."

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"I was worried that you liked me as a girl."
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"I was worried that you liked me as a girl."

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"I felt like this weight had just been lifted out of me."
2:52

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

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"And that’s the legacy. We never ran away."
3:04

"And that’s the legacy. We never ran away."

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"This was one person who hated and I have seen hundreds of people who love. And I think love wins."
3:19

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

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"We knew who we were; we just didn’t want to actually say it."
3:53

"We knew who we were; we just didn’t want to actually say it."

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"He was proud to be the person to challenge that law."
3:18

"He was proud to be the person to challenge that law."

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"There are certain kinds of love that never die."
2:57

"There are certain kinds of love that never die."

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"That was the only thing we could do to legalize our relationship."
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"That was the only thing we could do to legalize our relationship."

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