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Being gay is immutable.
Andrew Solomon
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Andrew Solomon
Age: 60
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
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Clinical Psychologist
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Immutable
Gay
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A sense of humor is the best indicator that you will recover it is often the best indicator that people will love you. Sustain that and you have hope.
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If you don't want to have gay weddings in Mormon churches, that's fine. That's absolutely up to the members of the faith or the leadership of the faith. I would never suggest that the Mormon Church has to consecrate gay unions. But homosexuality runs at a fairly constant rate through all populations. There are many gay Mormons.
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I look at the rates of suicide among gay teens. They are so, so high for suicide attempts and for completed suicides.
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I had known a couple of people who had died, but the loss of my mother contained something of the profoundly unknowable.
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We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful.
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Identity itself should be not a smug label or a gold medal but a revolution.
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I don't believe that there is anyone of faith whose faith would not be strengthened by those experiences of family.
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I really feel that the Church leaders have blood on their hands. I feel that there are gay Mormons who have committed suicide or whose lives have been destroyed because of the attitude of the Church.
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Depression means that you have no point of view.
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I was in fact anxious about whether I would be any good at being a father. And then I met so many people who had been good parents under difficult circumstances, and I felt inspired by them.
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There is no question that abuse, drugs and exposure to violence at home can exacerbate someone's criminal tendencies enormously. But there are many, many criminals who don't come from that background.
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We live in the right time, even if it doesn't always feel like it.
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Parenthood always involves recognizing your child as separate and different from you.
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I believe that organized religion is an ornament to the truth, and that aesthetics are part of its power.
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I found it very comforting to see that there is no such thing as a completely normal family. People find their way through whatever the differences may be.
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I'm a huge believer in science. But I don't think it explains everything.
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I encounter a lot of prejudice and a lot of darkness. I have to negotiate constantly through situations that are uncomfortable or difficult or strange.
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We see people of kindness, compassion, and possibly even faith being told, Because of a characteristic with which you were born, you are evil and bad. Anything that even implies such a stance is profoundly toxic.
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Psychologically, I will not have to seek far if I decide to kill myself, because in my mind and heart I am more ready for this than for the unplanned daily tribulations that mark off the mornings and afternoons.
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