But at the turn of the century it is all Fuck you, faggot! and eyes filled with violence and disgust that follow us, that train themselves on us. But we stay together, even when Cheyenne drops out of school, as she eventually does. She lives far from Cleveland High School and has little support from her family when it comes to making it through high school. She has no advocates, no one to ensure she gets meals, let alone does her homework, or to navigate situations with teachers. And our schools are not set up to be surrogates for the poorest of children, which is to say Cheyenne, which is to
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