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So many gay men who grew up here
and they were Iike:
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''This is not a pIace where I can Iive.
How can you Iive there? I had to get out.''
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But every once in awhiIe, there'd be a guy:
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''Gosh, I miss laramie.
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''I mean, I reaIIy Iove it there.
That's where I want to Iive.''
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And they'd get this starry-eyed Iook,
and I think...
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...if that is where you wanna Iive, do it.
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So I get into my office one day and
I have a message to caII this woman back.
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So I caII her back and she goes,
''I hear you are a Iesbian.
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''I hear you are one.'' And I'm Iike, ''uh-huh?''
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She goes, ''I'm one, too.'' She wanted
to come over and meet me immediateIy.
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She aIso warned me about the fact...
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...that there's other Iesbians in this town
who wouId not be seen with me.
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That just to be seen with me
wouId taint them irreparabIy.
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That just to be seen with me
wouId be a big probIem.
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I Iove this Iand.
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I mean...
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...I reaIIy Iove this Iand.
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I'm gonna make this brief, quick, just
get it over with, but it wiII be everything.
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FactuaI, just the facts. 10:00.
I punch in, my reguIar time for Tuesdays.
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At 10:30 we're having karaoke night...
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...so there's maybe 20 or 30 peopIe
miIIing around.
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That's when Matthew Shepard
comes in aIone, he comes in and...
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...he sits right where you're sitting
right now, orders himseIf a Heineken.
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So what can I teII you about Matt?
WeII, manners...
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...poIiteness, inteIIigence.
Taking care of me, as in tips.
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Everything, he just offers conversation.
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He comes in,
he's aIways dressed nice, cIean-cut.