"…And these children

That you spit on

As they try to change their worlds

Are immune to your consultations.

They're quite aware

Of what they're going through…."

DAVID BOWIE


Saturday March 24th, 1988

Liberty High School

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


Dear Mr. Horner-

We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention as punishment for whatever it was we did wrong. What we did was wrong but we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. Why do you care? You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms; the most convenient definitions. Correct?

But what we found out is that while each one of us is queer; we are each also…

A brain…

An athlete….

A mama's boy….

A drama princess…

And a criminal….

Does that answer your question?

Sincerely yours,

The QBC


That's the way we saw each other at seven this morning but we were brainwashed.