W. W. Norton: [Ray Hill] came out to his family when he was eighteen. His mother...

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[Ray Hill] came out to his family when he was eighteen. His mother took a long drag from her cigarette and a sip of her coffee and said, “Well, that’s a relief.” “What?” he asked. Late 1950s Houston was not a tolerant time and place for homosexuals, especially in the blue-collar, religiously…

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