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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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"We felt a sense of gratitude that we could allow Elijah to rest in peace and not have to struggle."
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"We felt a sense of gratitude that we could allow Elijah to rest in peace and not have to struggle."

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"We would turn the sound on so that it sounded like tanks moving on the roads."
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"We would turn the sound on so that it sounded like tanks moving on the roads."

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“There was a four-story building that was now one story tall.”
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“There was a four-story building that was now one story tall.”

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“That day wasn’t about us. This really was for thousands and thousands of people.”
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“That day wasn’t about us. This really was for thousands and thousands of people.”

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"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"
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"I heard her say, 'Don’t you be no sad mama for my grandbaby!'"

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"We could do no wrong in their eyes."
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"We could do no wrong in their eyes."

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“I struggled with, maybe I should have stayed away.”
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“I struggled with, maybe I should have stayed away.”

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“I remember feeling so in the dark as a student.”
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“I remember feeling so in the dark as a student.”

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“You walked right by me like I was a ghost.”
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“You walked right by me like I was a ghost.”

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“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”
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“We looked like a very scary situation coming in there. And we turned into a party people wanted to join.”

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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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“This year, I'm the age she was when she disappeared.”
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“This year, I'm the age she was when she disappeared.”

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“I sat up in my bed and I was immediately engulfed in fear."
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“I sat up in my bed and I was immediately engulfed in fear."

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“You were with me until I was three...and then you kept disappearing on me.”
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“You were with me until I was three...and then you kept disappearing on me.”

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

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"Farming...is about life over death rather than death over life."
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"Farming...is about life over death rather than death over life."

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“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”
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“And you said, ‘I want you to do that house, please.’”

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“I didn’t really think there was a possibility that I wouldn’t grow up.”
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“I didn’t really think there was a possibility that I wouldn’t grow up.”

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"I’d be willing to trade you this old guitar for a bottle of whiskey."
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"I’d be willing to trade you this old guitar for a bottle of whiskey."