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    Aug 13, 2019 4 minutes
    From Brave Face by Shaun David Hutchinson.

    The following excerpt from my memoir Brave Face begins with a vocabulary lesson. Specifically, the vocabulary of hate. It wasn’t gay people I hated, however, it was myself. While I find the use of that particular F-word offensive, I used it in this selection to help readers understand how gay people were commonly viewed when I was a teen, how I viewed them, and how, therefore, I viewed myself.

    VOCABULARY LESSON, PART 1

    Eighth Grade, 1991 to 1992

    I KNEW WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A FAGGOT, BUT NOT WHAT IT meant to be gay.

    I was

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