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Autistic Culture | Late Diagnosis Club

The Quiet Violence of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

What Matthew Shepard and My Cousin Taught Me About Being Out and Proud

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Dr. Angela Kingdon
Oct 13, 2024
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My cousin—he’s gone now—lived his whole life by an unspoken rule: don’t talk about being gay. Not to the family, anyway. In his house, Pride candles graced the center of the dining room table, a smal…

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