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“My conscious mind was ignorant to the fact that I’m gay, but even I knew I was autistic.”
― Camp Damascus
― Camp Damascus
“He comes over to place a fresh cigarette in Crane’s mouth and lights it with the gruff homoerotic flair possessed only by ex-soldiers,”
― You Weren't Meant to Be Human
― You Weren't Meant to Be Human
“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“We've got trans Mothman, we've got a gay goblin, we've got bi Mrs. Why.”
― Bury Your Gays
― Bury Your Gays
“It's not just about *real* queer suicide, though," she explains. "It's also about the romanticization of gay trauma in media. It's dark stuff."
"Important stuff, though," Zeke adds.
The three of us sit for a moment, watching the footage play in silence as these words settle. Throwing out observations of heavy or dark seems like such an absurd way to interact with these stories, our commentary falling flat no matter how valiantly we struggle to honor the lives lost.”
― Bury Your Gays
"Important stuff, though," Zeke adds.
The three of us sit for a moment, watching the footage play in silence as these words settle. Throwing out observations of heavy or dark seems like such an absurd way to interact with these stories, our commentary falling flat no matter how valiantly we struggle to honor the lives lost.”
― Bury Your Gays
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