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Article: School's out.(gay youth)
- Article from:
- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- September 16, 1997
- Author:
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Seventeen-year-old Scott Sears can't wait to return to school this fall. His senior year promises to be full of memorable moments: football games, pep rallies, theater productions, and, like last year, the prom--with a young man at his side.
Sears, who came out of the closet his junior year because "I hated biding myself from my friends," says he'll be a role model for other young gay men and lesbians at his Lincolnshire, Ill., high school this year. "I know what they're going through, and I know how hard it can be."
Hard indeed.
While it's the school bell that traditionally signals the start of the school day, it's likely that the ears of ...