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So That Was When I Realised...

I was doing it A L L W R O N G Because I thought about it, I thought of David Levithan and his books and I thought of Alex Sanchez and HIS books, and I thought about Julia Anne Peters and HER books. And after I was done thinking I realised I was doing what I hated. Boy meets Boy isn't a gay story. It's a story about love. Keeping You A Secret is not a lesbian love story, it's just a love story. Rainbow Boys Trilogy is not a gay trilogy it's a story about growing up and getting along and being in love and being scared and being stupid and being brave and being a friend. I'm just thinking about them as being about gayness because they are gay, even if you take away everything they are love stories and that's it. Love Is The Higher law-- about 9/11. I Am J-- Being yourself-- a common theme. Wide Awake-- finding courage and finding yourself. All these books, and I've been looking at them W R O N G. I mean, ten years ago Boy Meets Boy and Keeping You A Secret and Rainbow Boys was a H U G E D E A L, but now... not so much. Maybe it's from living in a household where gay didn't exist, Don't get me wrong, I still want a book about a character living in a fantasy world or utopia as a.. clone, maybe. Or a dragon slayer.
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Aug 27, 2013
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August 28, 2013 /itsjusterin

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