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How Did the Mixed Marriage Work Out for You?
I realized that i was queer at quite a young age. And because my mother had already taken the bumps and the bruises from the family for her claiming her own autonomy, i had a path that i could walk down to reject both of those things and claim my own. I have read that you grew up in a household that, on your mother's id was nation of ishlam, on your father's southern baptist. How did that work out? Well, the the fabulous thing about it is that my mother, joan, is one of the freest people that i know. She outright rejected both.
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