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world. i had very few role models. there was ellen on tv, there was will and grace, but i write in the book about how i was terrified of will and grace because i thought if i laughed, my family might figure out my secret. we grew up in a time and place where it was simply unsafe to be your most authentic self. i have teachers in high school who have since come out and told a story of having to drive three hours to see any movie with a queer character because they were afraid someone might see them in the movie theater and they would lose their job. we just had to present ourselves in a safe way that could be accepted by the social norms. and i want young people to read this book and to knee that they re perfectly fine just the way they are. there s nothing wrong with them. and there are millions of people out here backing them up. and it really does get better. and it will continue to get better if we all commit ourselves to that work. you know, you re slightly younger than me, b