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The Moth Radio Hour: Don't Stop the Music

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The Secret Life of a Gay Girl

David Montgomery grew up extremely gay outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His mother told him that Melissa Etheridge was a dike and "better off dead" He would cry alone in his room at night because he felt so worthless to himself. When he saw the Spice Girls on MTV 'I looked at the television at first in disgust'

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