I cannot honestly describe the specific hethro culture in which I was born and reared as homophobic.Its members poke fun at homosexuality more than they try to suppress it violently or otherwise.Generally,they are not affraid of homosexuality.They are triumphant hethro individuals rather than unsecure ones.So the first negative sentiment their triumph inspired me was not shame but wrath.There were heterosexuals all over the place when I was growing up as a young gay.A bit like there were Americans all over the place and controling everything in Cuba when young Fidel Castro was growing up.It is said that as early as at age 15,young Fidel had already formed the political ambition of driving all Americans out of his country.The path which lead me to gay separatism was similar.
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