"Gay youth rarely have an easy time of it, but [this book] is a keyhole into being an openly gay teen, on his own, in the painfully difficult period before gay liberation ... An artist, poet, journalist, and long-time activist, ... [Brass] has pulled back the mask covering so much of LGBTQ struggles, history, and culture. He writes about the grit, courage, and ultimately love so many gay kids showed after leaving families and even whole towns that violently rejected them. He talks about his own crushes, and the men who ...
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"Gay youth rarely have an easy time of it, but [this book] is a keyhole into being an openly gay teen, on his own, in the painfully difficult period before gay liberation ... An artist, poet, journalist, and long-time activist, ... [Brass] has pulled back the mask covering so much of LGBTQ struggles, history, and culture. He writes about the grit, courage, and ultimately love so many gay kids showed after leaving families and even whole towns that violently rejected them. He talks about his own crushes, and the men who supported him, as well as his need to find his own 'real life'"--
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