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Coming From The '50s, Things Were Very Violent. We Were Still Being Lynched. If I Drove Down Through The South With My Mother, I Might Not Make It Through One State Without Being Bullied Or Harassed. I Feel Like Unless You've Been Black For A Week, You Don't Know.

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I'm An Air Force Brat And I've Lived All Over The World And This Country And There Were People In My Community Who Were Gay - Nurses, Hairdressers, Designers - People Who Just Had A Different Way About Themselves.

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My Family Was Very, Very Receptive To All; All Races, Religions.