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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 2: Fire Island and Other Stories

Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

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How I Found a Girlfriend and Left Men Behind

"I arrived at Vassar on that warm and sunny late August day intent on fucking myself straight. That was an actual expression people used back then," he says. "Within days I found a girlfriend." He broke up with his girlfriend just before his 18th birthday in November, slept with various other guys. 'What I really needed was a therapist'

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