Repression breeds insecurity breeds violence. When I was in high school, I was tormented for being effeminate. Years after graduating, one of my most vicious bullies sent me a message apologizing for his behavior, revealing that he had since come out as bisexual. Back in high school he was jealous and resentful of my freedom of expression and bullied me so that he could prove to other people that he was "normal." It had taken him years to come to terms with his sexuality, and he wanted to apologize for not supporting me with my gender expression back then.
-- Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary, p. 28
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