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Fifteen: Discovering Queer Intimacy in Small-town Texas

Fifteen: Photo of Spectrum South writer B. Root, a genderqueer individual from Tyler, Texas.

He is waiting for me when I get to the grocery store. His truck is the only one parked in the far corner of the lot. I knock on the passenger side door. He unlocks it, and I get in without him looking at me. He puts the truck in reverse and starts backing out before I even have my seatbelt on. It’s not until we pull out of the parking lot and onto the highway that he finally says…

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