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Gay Bashing Growing Up Gay In America.

Gay Bashing Growing Up Gay In America.

A Uniquely American Term.

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Joshua Powell
Nov 13, 2024
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Is This America My Home?

Gay Bashing. An Uniquely American Term.

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Most people who are LGBTQ have known it for a very long time. How many people identifying “queer” have said, “I knew I was when I was 5.”

I was one of those gays.

Kids are like emotional bloodhounds; they smell “different.” Once the pack figures you out, …

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