Torch Song Trilogy
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1:41:12
God should tear out
my tongue

1:41:14
I should talk
to my child like that.

1:41:17
You're a good person
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and sensitive
like your father.

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And I try to love
you for that

1:41:24
and forget this,
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but you won't
let me.

1:41:27
You haven't spoken
once

1:41:30
without saying "gay."
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Because it's
what I am.

1:41:33
You could leave it
where it belongs,

1:41:36
but you're
obsessed with it.

1:41:38
Try and imagine
the world

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the other way around.
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Imagine every book,
every magazine,

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every tv show, every movie
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was telling you
you should be homosexual.

1:41:50
You know you're not.
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Stop! You're
talking crazy.

1:41:54
After all these years,
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I'm trying to
justify my life.

1:41:59
This is crazy.
1:42:00
Life?
1:42:01
This is a sickness,
1:42:03
but it's what
you've chosen.

1:42:06
Look, I'm gay.
I don't know why.

1:42:09
Since I can remember,
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before I knew it
was different or wrong...

1:42:13
You haven't heard
a word I've said.

1:42:15
You'd rather
I was straight.

1:42:18
Should I lie?
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Ed would never
tell his parents.

1:42:23
Instead, he cut them
out of his life!

1:42:26
Is that what
you want?

1:42:29
No, but it doesn't have
to be every conversation.

1:42:33
I'm not editing out
things you don't like.

1:42:36
Can we end
this conversation?

1:42:38
NO!
1:42:38
GOD...
1:42:41
I have taught myself
to sew, cook, fix plumbing.

1:42:44
I can even pat myself
on the back when necessary

1:42:48
So I don't have to ask
anyone for anything.

1:42:52
There's nothing I need
from anyone

1:42:54
Except for love and respect.
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Anyone who can't give me
those two things


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