Sublime

one in which he emerges as less an innocent straight boy corrupted by tech savvy queer predators than as an equally tech savvy, ambitious, sexually flexible, self-interested, and even cynical entrepreneur.

Bolbol had worked hard to gain the trust of his neighborhood. The details on his identity card marked him out for suspicion; for four years now, similar details had spelled catastrophe for many others. Thousands of people disappeared without a trace, simply for being born in areas controlled by the opposition, just as many regime supporters had dis

be open to the possibility that this person is simply trying to survive a highly painful set of events

“This guy is lying on the couch right there where you are, with tears streaming down his face, and I’m thinking, how absolutely beautiful and meaningful this experience is. How sacred. How can this ever have been illegal? It’s as if we made entering Gothic cathedrals illegal, or museums, or sunsets! “I honestly never knew if this would happen again

This is far more than a legal problem, as important as that is.

Now, normally when someone tells me that they are a victim and someone else is abusive, I first determine if they are in physical danger. If not, I then ask them a lot of questions so that I understand what has happened before I join in on condemning another human being.