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What on New York?
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I don't want to miss out on opportunities to have fun with my life. I do
not want
think about being gay,
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Sunday like black PS in there. So it's pretty hot, right?
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being changes more turn around other place.
So 19, we always sit in metal picnic tables painted black. We've been
sitting there since the beginning of junior year. We've all known each
other since seventh grade and they've kind of been like my only friends
this day I remember was a Thursday because we were all talking about the
weekly get together. The L DS church had every Wednesday night, we all
went to the same church and the night grew Hey, you guys get this, get
this thing out. A new one. What is the P, to the chicken? We're gonna do a
little c around here.
I don't know. I didn't know once last night, I just, it's just nasty. It's
like some kind of nasty.
So, did you put
like that?
Yeah, I just, I don't understand what we have to talk about on Sunday
school class.
Our idiot. She,
do you want it? The new era is an L DS magazine.
I don't remember specifically what the article said, but it was about this
girl who had rid herself of her homosexuality.
I remember being in shock and that's all. I don't remember what I said,
but it must have been a negative response because my friends changed the
subject and I didn't get the article. Let's go.
Yeah.
Just never really had friends. You know. So when my Sunday school teacher
decided to pick homosexuality as a topic finally found a way to fit in.
All my friends were mocking and cracking jokes about this horrible sin and
it felt really uncomfortable first. They started to join in. I just
couldn't stop. I was making people laugh. People were listening to me this
week has been great because it was the first time in my life. The people
that I actually grew up with say hi to me at school and I have all these
new friends.
God, I just wanna be someone else. Sometimes you know
that was when I was 17. Now, three years later, I've left my religion. I,
I
don't know, I guess they still seem important. And right now where I am in
my life is that I need people in my life. So there you have it. But I have
protected my own identity by going to places like one in 10. Our key
speaker can be who I really am. The 18 year old guy here comes to
sometimes
we don't really talk.
So sitting in Sunday school, our teacher used to tell us to rise above the
stress. Now there is a mountain by my house. The but after we appointed,
how many kinds, where can we sign? Like
I like what kind of what happened? How about the ones we especially like
which ones? You know, I hear you
forward fire.
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the
bye.
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my boyfriend
go on uh going to rather stay. That goes
I, I'm
flying high to th
you can call me that. Oh my high school choir. And I were invited to send
you Carnegie Hall last when I auditioned for my first community theater
show, I was nervous. The first time I stood alone on stage is when I was
14 at Apollo High School. I had an audition. I've never been on stage
before. Do you speak theater? I didn't think I could do this in front of
people, but it's amazing. I had one director that just totally made me
doubt myself as that happened. And I thought maybe this isn't something I
should do. When it first walked out alone, states were cold and empty.
I didn't think people would listen to me. I really didn't think I knew
what I was doing
when we landed in New York and first walked in. I was a little
disappointed. I mean, it looks like any other performance hall backstage
that have been. But when we light up in the wing, the door to the stage is
like glowing. And when we finally went out, I was stressed, everything
looks so golden and magical. The room echoed amazingly when you began to
sing and the room gets quiet because people do wanna listen to you and it
feels so good to finally be, listen. It feels so safe to be on stage. Like
the stage becomes modern. Like I just belong up here that Chip inspired me
so much because I know that some of my favorite singers
this again ever since the first time, I just, I wanna get my face out
there. This is a place where I feel inspired to project my voice and show
my soul to the world. Ok? It
together we and that's
presence and physicality are nice
speak. I can be who I really am and I'm very out about it. I know I won't
hold
when nothing gentle heart. I not it to choose whether or not something is
true to yourself. And sometimes that's not
fasten up the,
when I was 17, I worked at an apartment store. I'd come out when I was 16
, but only a select few of my work that I was gay. Christina knew. So did
Joey
might.
Although I don't really like Mike and I, that's too bad.
Sometimes you freeze, you wanna stay true to yourself. But yeah,
who I am right now at this moment
the,
and I walked through the halls with my dad.
Tr how you everybody Michael?
Did you get there? Like
look, we're going back. What?
Yeah, I'm back. Really
f
I'm not leaving until you repaint my locker. I'll stay here all night
until you get someone here.
This isn't ok.
Why is this? Ok?
I have rights and I'm more than happy to get some other people here to
make sure you know what those rights are. I'm not leaving until you fix
this are not leaving. I'm not leaving.
All right.
Ok.
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400 point.
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bye.
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to?
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