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The stale coffee is boiling up but he catches it before it goes over the side, pours it into a stained cup and blows on the black liquid, lets a panel of the dream slide forward. If he does not force his attention on it, it might stoke the day, rewarm that old, cold time on the mountain when they owned the world and nothing seemed wrong.
–Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
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Each family is special. The most important thing about a family is that all the people in it love each other.
Heather Has Two Mommies, written by Leslea Newman and illustrated by Laura Cornell
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“Who’s your mom when you set you campsite? Who’s your mom for scary faces with flashlights? Mommy helps to set up the campsite. Momma makes great scary faces with a flashlight.”
–A Tale of Two Mommies, written by Vanita Oelschlager and illustrated by Mike Blanc
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There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can’t fix it you’ve got to stand it.
–Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
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June is LGBT Pride month.
I Will Survive (AKA: The Gay Anthem)
“At first, I was afraid, I was petrified.
Kept thinkin’ I could never live
Without you by my side,
But then I spent so many nights
Thinkin’ how you did me wrong.
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along.”“Well, now go! Walk out the door!
Just turn around now,
‘Cause you’re not welcome anymore!
Weren’t you the one
Who tried to hurt me with goodbye?
Did you think I’d crumble?
Did you think I’d lay down and die?”“Oh no, not I! I will survive!”
-I Will Survive (single) and We Will Survive (album), performed by Gloria Gaynor, written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris
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