13 very gay and very good books you should read this Pri Month | Mashable

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• 13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH
• GAY PRI
• FEATURED STORI
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

13 VERY GAY AND VERY GOOD BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ THIS PRI MONTH

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S., where beg gay was safer than Iran, I realized I didn't have to lie about who I was, so I me out to my mom.

FEATURED STORI

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She feared judgment om our muny, but more than anythg, she feared for my safety and the challeng I would face as a gay man. I remember a time when I wanted to go to this big gay Halloween party. Urty of GurzaJP BrammerAuthor of Hola Papi: How to Come Out a Walmart Parkg Lot and Other Life Lsons“I remember when I me out to my nt, whom I’ve always been close to, I said, “Auntie, I thk I’m gay.

Even though we lived Massachetts, which is a liberal state, this was the early 2000s, so still wasn't like is now that people are more ted and everyone seems to know somebody who's gay or a celebry who's nonbary.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

My mother’s homophobia was one of the reasons I waed to e out. Every time my mother would see a gay woman, she would say, “if one of my children be like that, I’ll kill them. Growg up, I thought if I got married and had a baby, I wouldn’t have to tell my mother that I was gay and uld be normal.

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