October Mourning by Leslea Newman

"The Journalist" p30 for journalism class

"Accessory" p47 word use/ word choice and juxtaposition

"Don't Flatter Yourself" p71-72 males dealing with the male gaze

I realized that the students in Wyoming didn't need to hear my speech as much as they needed to see me, an out, proud lesbian, right before their very eyes. I knew what my presence communicated to them: if my life was possible, their lives and the lives of their friends were possible, too. p89

Looking at Matthew Shephard's picture reminds me why I do the work I do: so that what happened to him will never happen again. I gaze at the face of the young man I never had the chance to meet, and whisper a traditional Jewish prayer for peace that includes the words: and you shall lay down and no man shall terrify you.
To quote John Lennon: Imagine. p91

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