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lambchopp59

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7. Goddammit. There's that "choice" narrative vomited up again.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Mon Apr 4, 2022, 06:37 PM

Apr 2022

The only choice I made in my early teens was to be honest with myself and others. A life risking choice a half century ago where I was: a tiny "Don't Say Gay" community.
Driven nearly to suicide prior to finding out I wasn't the only person in the whole world like this...
Hoping all this anti-LGBTQ bullshit backfires magnanimity.

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GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert Wants an Age Minimum Before People Come Out [View all] left-of-center2012 Apr 2022 OP

So will heterosexuals also be required to be 21 before they date, have sex, or otherwise come out? Sanity Claws Apr 2022 #1

She dropped out of high school bottomofthehill Apr 2022 #2

fuck that nazi woodchuck Celerity Apr 2022 #3

The howler monkey pictures are better jmowreader Apr 2022 #11

Lil Gunny's full rapsheet Celerity Apr 2022 #12

16 year old's can marry in her state. In MA if you are a boy it's 14, 12 for girls. Runningdawg Apr 2022 #4

Her logic is indecipherable. Duncan Grant Apr 2022 #5

Shut the fuck up, Bang Bang Barbie... IngridsLittleAngel Apr 2022 #6

Goddammit. There's that "choice" narrative vomited up again. lambchopp59 Apr 2022 #7

No.. We did not choose this.. IngridsLittleAngel Apr 2022 #8

Do Girls Have To Be 21 Before Getting Your Hubby's Schlong Waved At Them? nt smb Apr 2022 #9

Here's the best part jmowreader Apr 2022 #10