What my gay childhood in a "Don't Say Gay" landscape was really like
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What my gay childhood in a "Don't Say Gay" landscape was really like

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Maria on "Sesame Street" was my first crush. RELATED: Betty White on "The Golden Girls" taught me queer self-acceptance It was the first time that my secret, special feelings were given a context, were named. RELATED: The all of "y'all": On finally embracing my voice, country twang and everything The first person I knew to be gay was Boy George. Now, here we are 25 years later with this damn "Don't Say Gay" bill. RELATED: Florida Republicans revive deadly "queers recruit" myth with passage of "don't say gay" bill Homophobes tend to think of being gay as a behavior, as a sexual act only.

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