behavior. And homosexuals, being people, base their own Judgments of others on the same basis. Yet paradoxically many homosexuals would expect to be exempt simply because they are what they are.

The homo sexual must learn that defiance in the face of a projudiced society does not serve his ends, but rather it tends to justify and intensify the prejudice he would seek to eliminate. The homosexual must learn that he is a human being and citizen first, that his sexual orientation is secondary. The homosexual must learn that to live within the bounds of society does not necessarily imply conformity. The homosexual must learn that he is responsible for his own destiny.

Del Martin

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