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I always kind of divided the gay guys i met up into two groups when i first started coming out. there were the guys who thought there was something fundamentally wrong with them and hated themselves and were so burdened with shame and internalized homophobia. it just really paralyzed and shredded them. and then there were guys like me who thought, "i'm fine, everybody else is crazy. my church is sick and the family's crazy, but me? i'm fine."
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I Always Kind Of Divided The Gay

Dan Savage
I always kind of divided the gay guys i met up into two groups when i first started coming out. there were the guys who thought there was something fundamentally wrong with them and hated themselves and were so burdened with shame and internalized homophobia. it just really paralyzed and shredded them. and then there were guys like me who thought, "i'm fine, everybody else is crazy. my church is sick and the family's crazy, but me? i'm fine."
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