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me reason for the separation. What I had so
greatly feared became one of the most
beautiful experiences of my life. My son
« said, “Dad, I am so glad you are not
ashamed to be gay”. Later my daughter was
\ to say how glad she was thatl had gotten the
kheavy burden off my shoulders and wrote
“I love you Dad, and I do not care who your
Iare, what you do, who your friends are, I
will always love you dearly”.
l After telling my children, I realized
that I no longer cared who in the whole
world knew thatl was gay. So marching the
'Gay Pride Parade was my final step in
lcelebrating the inner and outer freedom to
Jbe me, a person with homosexual prefer-
ences.
l While it is not practical or wise for
imany gays to come out completely, it
would be great if each gay could first of all

I lexperience inner freedom and no longer

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_ not tell in places where it would be foolish

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have to hide a dark secret and then simply

Ho do so. There is a tremendous emotional
and psychological difference in “not tell-
ing” and keeping “a closely guarded se-

. ,cret”.

 

The journey to this point has been very
lpainful and I experience pain as I continue
Logrow and seek deeper relationships with
ilriends. But as Gibran reminds us, joy and
sorrow go together and I would agree and
llestify that the joy is worth the pain!

The freedom of coming out is beauti-
full
I [I was diagnosed as having full-blown
‘AIDS two years ago. How grateful I am that
lhad moved to Burlington. I am enjoying
[Living with AIDS” in the midst of beauti-
lul Vermont and many beautiful people!]

November 1989

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and equal justice to lesbians and gay men.

It isn’t too much to ask. But far-right zealots have flooded Congress
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