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Of Course, I Have A Different Vested Interest In The Gay Community, Because I Am Gay, And I Would Certainly Enjoy The Tax Advantages That Straight People Have, And The Inheritance Advantages, And Things Like Social Security, But I've Always Been A Civil Rights Advocate Across The Board. That's How I Was Raised.

My Parents Both Were Doing The Civil Rights Movement, Were Very Involved With The Civil Rights To Congress. And My Friends' Parents Were As Well.

I Think These Last 10 Years Have Seen Just A Huge Shift In The Psyche Of This Country As Regards Gay People. I Think Aids Had A Lot To Do With It. So Many Families Who Really Believed They'd 'never Met One' Were Suddenly Confronted With Their Sons Becoming Ill, And Friends Of Sons. I Think That Brought A Lot Of It Into The Open.

I Was One Of I Think Three White Girls In My School. So, I Was Very Much An Outsider. And Plus I Was Jewish And All Of My Friends Were Black And Baptist Because They Listen To The Coolest Music. We Were All Listening To Ray Charles And What Was Then Called Race Music.

Those Of Us With Ravaged Faces, Lacking In The Social Graces, Desperately Remained At Home, Inventing Lovers On The Phone.