The Quiet Violence of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
What Matthew Shepard and My Cousin Taught Me About Being Out and Proud
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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