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I'm Mexican-American, but for a long time I was pushed out of any references to Mexican-American writers. It was easier to come out as a gay man than it was to come out as a Mexican-American.

John Rechy
Gay, Men, Long
"'I'm a Writer Who Hustled, Not a Hustler Who Wrote': An Interview With John Rechy". Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. December 9, 2013.
I'm Mexican-American, but for a long time I was pushed out of any references to Mexican-American writers. It was easier to come out as a gay man than it was to come out as a Mexican-American.