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“The kind of relationship I had with my mother didn't make me gay. I had that kind of relationship with my mother because I was gay.” quote by Dan Savage — Download Open image

““The kind of relationship I had with my mother didn't make me gay. I had that kind of relationship with my mother because I was gay.””

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