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Article: BIGOTS, UNLIKE GAYS, ARE MADE AND NOT BORN.(Editorial)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- January 27, 1996
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As long as I can remember, I've always had gay feelings. I am uncertain whether children are born innately sexual, but I do know that, from the earliest point on, I have felt attraction toward my own gender.
I remember never missing an episode of ``Bat Masterson'' when I was 5 years old and, although I didn't realize it, I must have had an early ``crush'' on Gene Barry. Later on, I remember developing strong feelings for the boy next door and for classmates. I mention this because, contrary to what the ill-informed are saying, we have about as much ``choice'' in our sexual feelings as we had in choosing our parents or the color of our eyes. We are born to be who ...