by Kyle Labe
“Why celebrate awful things, simply because its result was good?”
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by Kyle Labe
“The summer of high school graduation was my first Pride.”
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by Kyle Labe
“I never found abortion to be a question of morals, but rather an issue of human rights.”
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by Kyle Labe
“The whole concept of human contact in the modern age has become corporatized.”
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by Kyle Labe
“With this, I hope to mend that and hope that you, as well, will find a recommendation or two to add to your personal list.”
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by Kyle Labe
“To straight people, it’s as if to simply be gay is the same as being too gay for comfort.”
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by Kyle Labe
“Libraries are one of the few traditional institutions where I believe humanity did something right by conceiving it.”
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by Kyle Labe
“Even before I realized my queerness, I knew that something about Christianity was very, very wrong.”
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by Kyle Labe
I always gravitate to these women, these same ones who are constantly overlooked by history, for their capacity to convey both power and compassion, loyalty and heart, in the face of severe threat and danger.
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by Kyle Labe
That is why I will stick to writing. Here, I can hide behind anonymity; I mustn’t show my face and be exposed as the human being I am.
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