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"I had loved so infrequently I felt a debt to those whom I had, for the reprieve from solitude."
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Michael NavaFor many years, the single most potent weapon in the armoury of invisi — Michael Nava
"For many years, the single most potent weapon in the armoury of invisibility was the shame with which gay men and women were taught to regard their sexual nature. What kindles the fury of the antigay right at the gay and lesbian claim to equality and freedom is the implicit rejection of that shame. The energy released by that triumph over shame is what makes the movement so powerful. The gay and lesbian movement signals the existence of a people who have decided that they know more about themselves than what has been shoved down their throats by an ignorant and fearful society."
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Michael Nava
Michael Nava
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Michael Angel Nava is an American attorney and writer. He has worked on the staff for the California Supreme Court, and ran for a Superior Court position in 2010. He authored a ten-volume mystery series featuring Henry Rios, an openly gay protagonist who is a criminal defense lawyer. His novels have received seven Lambda Literary Awards and critical acclaim in the GLBT and Latino communities.
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"[Henry, with Katherine Paris] She looked away from me. A moment later she said, "I have never understood homosexuality. I cant picture what you men do with each other." "I could tell you but it would completely miss the point."
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"They were empty gestures, the kind it was beginning to seem that these people were full of."
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"[Henry Rios, with Aaron Gold] "Every choice closes doors," I said, "and at some point you are left in the little room of yourself. I think most people who get to that room go crazy because theyre surrounded with missed possibilities and no principle to explain or justify why they made the choices they did."
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"[Henry, with Katherine Paris] I smiled as charmingly as I knew how. Her hard, intelligent face showed no sign of being charmed."
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"The room took shape in all its squalor: clothes scattered everywhere; plates of half-finished meals; the long table used as a desk, every inch of its surface covered by moldering documents, books, and sheaves of paper bestrewn with his fathers tiny script."
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