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June 25, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Sexual Violence Inside (and Because of) the Closet by Anthony Isom (#SVYALit Project)

We live in a fortunate time. Once upon a time, homosexuality was viewed as either a disease or else an abnormality; things have certainly been changing as hatred toward homosexuality, AKA anti-gay discrimination, may not be viewed as abnormal but certainly as backward or retrogressive. This is a good thing. As a young gay man […]

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