I know this may be hard for you to believe, but San Francisco is full of men and women, both straight and gay, who don't consider sexuality in measuring the worth of another human being. These aren't radicals or weirdos, Mama. They are shopclerks and bankers and little old ladies and people who nod and smile to you when you meet them on the bus. Their attitude is nether patronizing nor pitying. And their message is so simple: Yes, you are a person. Yes, I like you. Yes, it's all right for you to like me, too.
-- Armistead Maupin, "Letter to Mama"
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