Hippie Faggot Freak: The Making of a Gay Liberationist Mitchell Dale
Some little boys want to grow up to be firemen.Some little boys want to grow up to be astronauts.This little boy wanted to grow up to be a hippie faggot freak.Eleven-year-old Dale Mitchell asked his…
Specifikacia Hippie Faggot Freak: The Making of a Gay Liberationist Mitchell Dale
Some little boys want to grow up to be firemen.Some little boys want to grow up to be astronauts.This little boy wanted to grow up to be a hippie faggot freak.Eleven-year-old Dale Mitchell asked his father, "Why don't you just get it over with and tell me you hate me?" His father's response? "I hate you." Said so matter-of-factly, it seemed hardly worth mentioning.Growing up in strait-laced, lily-white suburbs of the 1950s and early 60s America, Dale Mitchell was an outsider from the start. He learned at an early age the price one paid for being different. Bullied, harassed, and ostracized, Dale started seeking an escape even before puberty revealed just how dangerous his predicament was. By fifteen, taunts had turned into blows, and Dale lived under a near-constant threat of