If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us.
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People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and broken by their lives.
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