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Teen Ink Magazine, March 2003 : Pride Articles

Consequences of Conformity Looking through my high-school yearbook, I was amazed by how similar everyone looked.People who stood out were few and far between. Thinking about it now, I realizethat individuality is endangered. Everyone wants to look, act and sound likeeveryone else. Continue...	Point, Stare He is not like anyone I know. It is not just the factthat he is my brother. Andrew is different. He has Asperger's Syndrome, a form ofautism where you don't have delayed speech, but restricted interests anddifficulty with social interaction and other activities. Continue...
Think Before You Speak Haveyour grandparents ever told you stories about how hard life was for them and howlucky our generation is? I have, and I've paid close attention to them. I comefrom Mexican-Indian ancestry and the stories I hear make me cry. Continue...	Untitled Why wouldI choose to be gay, to be laughed at and mocked all day? Why would I wantto feel like I have to hide, so that I won't get attacked from behind? Whywould I want to risk so much, for people to be disgusted by my touch? Whywould I want teachers and ... Continue...
Untitled Blackis a color and African is not American What do you title me as? AfricanAmerican or Black. Well I've never been to Africa. And blacks iswack. We went from nigger to colored to black. And I don't understand howI'm all of that. So when you title me. Continue...

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