Molly C.V. Nusberg

Something else that set you apart from your family and probably from a lot of people who you knew growing up is that you're a lesbian. Yes. How old were you when you figured that out?

Something else that set you apart from your family and probably from a lot of people who you knew growing up is that you're a lesbian. Yes. How old were you when you figured that out?

Now, when you were young, things were much less in the open about homosexuality than now. And I think people who were gay and lesbian were really encouraged to think of themselves as sick and perverted. Coming from a kind of background where you were already really worried and really guilty about who you were and why your stepfather was abusing you,

Now, when you were young, things were much less in the open about homosexuality than now. And I think people who were gay and lesbian were really encouraged to think of themselves as sick and perverted. Coming from a kind of background where you were already really worried and really guilty about who you were and why your stepfather was abusing you,

Now, when you were young, things were much less in the open about homosexuality than now. And I think people who were gay and lesbian were really encouraged to think of themselves as sick and perverted. Coming from a kind of background where you were already really worried and really guilty about who you were and why your stepfather was abusing you,

thinking that you liked girls probably or might have brought on... It made it more complicated.

thinking that you liked girls probably or might have brought on... It made it more complicated.

thinking that you liked girls probably or might have brought on... It made it more complicated.

Well, I'm sure a lot of our listeners are thinking that right now, frankly.

Well, I'm sure a lot of our listeners are thinking that right now, frankly.

Well, I'm sure a lot of our listeners are thinking that right now, frankly.

Well, Dorothy Allison, I want to thank you very much for talking with us.

Well, Dorothy Allison, I want to thank you very much for talking with us.

Well, Dorothy Allison, I want to thank you very much for talking with us.

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