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Sedaris, in his essay in the it gets better book, writes that when he was growing up nobody called him gay because you might as well have called him a warlock. nobody knew what gay was.
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Sedaris, In His Essay In The It

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Sedaris, in his essay in the it gets better book, writes that when he was growing up nobody called him gay because you might as well have called him a warlock. nobody knew what gay was.
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