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There are a couple of things I could have added to the homophobia list, but didn't because, compared to people who have suffered greatly, they seemed rather small.
I am the girl who was harassed at band camp because I gave another girl a back rub.
I am the girl whose guidance counselor told her, when she applied to an all-women's college, "You don't want to go there -- only lesbians go to those sort of schools."
I am the mother who is constantly fighting to try install an abhorrence of homophobia in her sons, in a culture where "you're gay" has become school yard shorthand for "you're stupid and uncool."
I am the girl who was harassed at band camp because I gave another girl a back rub.
I am the girl whose guidance counselor told her, when she applied to an all-women's college, "You don't want to go there -- only lesbians go to those sort of schools."
I am the mother who is constantly fighting to try install an abhorrence of homophobia in her sons, in a culture where "you're gay" has become school yard shorthand for "you're stupid and uncool."