how could I be this way?

Wiley 2022-07-07 23:06:49

how could I be this way? No matter how open-minded you are, no matter how open-minded the world is, growing up in mainstream culture, you will panic when you find yourself in the slightest bit different from others. I may slowly accept myself but I will still ask why this is the case, how am I like this, why does this happen to me... Homosexuals are not sinners, maybe they will always be viewed differently, this It's not anyone's fault, and the world will never be fair, just like in the movies before the 1960s, as long as homosexuals were involved, they would always end in a dead end. Just like there are always places where the sun cannot shine, no matter how advanced the society is, some people will still be prejudiced against them.

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  • Harvey Fierstein: Every time I watched a straight scene I had to do this massive translation for myself. Then I did Torch Song Trilogy. I get these straight people saying to me 'you know, it's not really gay, it's universal'. I say 'up yours, it's gay'. That you can take it and apply it to yourself is wonderful, but at last I don't have to do the translating, you do.

  • Harvey Fierstein: I liked the sissy. Is it used in negative ways? Yeah, but, my view has always been visibility at any cost. I'd rather have negative than nothing.