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A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.

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Dan Savage
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 7
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Sex Educator
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Chicago
Illinois
Daniel Keenan Savage
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