A Guide to LGBTQ Life at Hopkins
By JACOB TOOK | August 31, 2017I came out as gay in sophomore year of high school, but in my small town in north Texas I wasn’t exposed to much discourse about sexuality and identity.
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I came out as gay in sophomore year of high school, but in my small town in north Texas I wasn’t exposed to much discourse about sexuality and identity.
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