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John Rechy Quotes

born 1931 United States

John Francisco Rechy (born March 10, 1931) is an American novelist, essayist, memoirist, dramatist and literary critic.

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It’s been more difficult for me to come out as a Mexican-American than come out as gay.

I celebrate that figure as an “outlaw.” That’s someone who lives in defiance of oppressive laws, and, in doing so, thrives against those strictures.

We confuse gay liberation with straight imitation. Straightness is our goal. This pushes us away from the uniqueness that is the gay experience.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Rechy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.