"One thing I learned in writing for mainstream magazines, as a gay man, who often wanted to write about gay stuff--death and homophobia and boyfriends, assuming those are separate categories--was that straight men, straight male editors--and straight women, just as often, I should add--thought that if they ran one piece about homophobia or AIDS or gay rights or Lesbian Avengers, they had covered the entire topic for all time..."
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