Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...despite the commonness of accusations that others are gay, most people are extremely reluctant to believe it about anyone they know. Even those who are open about being gay are often bemused by the willingness of their acquaintances to give them the "benefit of the doubt." "After all, you don't seem like the type...
...most importantly and most directly, fear of homosexuality is dividing you from your friends and family. The common estimate is that one out of ten Americans is gay; whether you like it or not, someone whom you care about is gay, and the chances are that you don't know it. And the reason that you don't know it is that they're afraid to tell you. Until your friend/sister/roommate/uncle feels more comfortable with you and with him or herself, he or she will remain silent and fearful. There will exist a powerful barrier between you as long...
...summer camp after he was caught in the same sleeping bag with another boy. Word got around in school that fall and from then on Gary was almost universally snubbed, taunted in the lunchroom and greeted in the locker room with cries of "Gay Raye!" I don't know whether he was actually gay or not, but the day he was caught in that sleeping bag, Gary became a sexual exile. I was an exile too, but my alienation was achieved more slowly, more subtly; it seemed at the time as if everyone around me, even those I loved...
After Rodney left the room my mother hissed, "Do you know who that was? That was Rodney!" The look of distaste on her face was overwhelming...
Later my mother reflected, "You know, Bob, if you ever turned out like that, I'd still love you." There was a thoughtful pause. "Of course, I wouldn't be able to respect...