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As I was walking through Salinas today with my boyfriend, no less than 5 people called me a faggot, and very few people had the ability not to openly stare at us holding hands. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it to step outside this realm of perfect, north-californian, liberal goodness
We sought sanctuary in a bookstore, as most of the people who heckled us were at the mall at 10 AM in the morning, suggesting that they were unemployed and thus less enlightened, and the clerk watched us walk around the store, constantly asking if we needed help. He later came up to us and said, "If you want, there's the new edition of XY out front." (XY is a very gay-themed magazine full of pictures of half-naked men.) And as we left, he said "thanks for coming in, guys."
So is it worth it? I think so.
We sought sanctuary in a bookstore, as most of the people who heckled us were at the mall at 10 AM in the morning, suggesting that they were unemployed and thus less enlightened, and the clerk watched us walk around the store, constantly asking if we needed help. He later came up to us and said, "If you want, there's the new edition of XY out front." (XY is a very gay-themed magazine full of pictures of half-naked men.) And as we left, he said "thanks for coming in, guys."
So is it worth it? I think so.