Abuse doesn't define you.

C. Kennedy

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Don't judge yourself by what others did to you.

C. Kennedy

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Freedom isn't just about voting and marrying and kissing on the street, although all of these things are important. Freedom is also about what you will allow yourself to do.

David Levithan

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There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can’t trust anyone, they can’t tell anyone, and they have no idea how to get away from it.

C. Kennedy

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Christy isn’t a case, he’s a person.

C. Kennedy

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Psychological and emotional wellness is an ongoing process for everyone.

C. Kennedy

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I don’t mean to take the bow off the end of your rain, but you gotta be smart about your first boyfriend.

C. Kennedy

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The eye of youth is very observant. Youth has its moments of keen intuition, even normal youth -- but the intuition of those who stand mi-way between the sexes is so ruthless, so poignant, so deadly, as to be in the nature of an added scourge...

Radclyffe Hall

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I wanted to hear his window open, hear his espadrilles on the balcony, and then the sound of my own window, which was never locked, being pushed open as he'd step into my room after everyone had gone to bed, slip under my covers, undress me without asking, and after making me want him more than I thought I could ever want another living soul, gently, softly, and, with the kindness one Jew extends to another, work his way into my body, gently and softly, after heeding the words I'd been rehearsing for days now, Please, don't hurt me, which meant, Hurt me all you want.

André Aciman

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Just because I am queer doesn't mean I am queer for you

Maddy Kobar

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