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“You’re so gay!”

** Una bella lettera da leggere con calma. Il racconto di una madre cui il figlio confessa la propria omosessualita. E’ una lettera lunga che affronta tante cose che spesso vengono date troppo per scontate. Ecco una delle prime impressioni della donna:

My second thought was that I was about to lose him to a netherworld of promiscuity and leather. I could sympathise with my daughter over her boyfriends, because I’d been there; I knew how to negotiate breakups, I understood the thrilling openings of new affairs. Tom was going to disappear into a world whose rules I didn’t understand. I would be no use at all.

The Observer