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One of the things I'm proud of is that I think that I've helped to provide frameworks to talk about it, narratives that are now available to other people.

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She wasn't familiar with those words or the story, but I did tell her about the clitorectomy. I was surprised and comforted at how well she took that.

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It read :' Love is like jumping off a cliff,'.

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I remember the first girl in my class wearing a bra and I reacted exactly as every other boy in the class did, i was enamored and fascinated.

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The guiding principle was pair-bonding with a man and to be even more specific, to make sure that I possessed a proper vessel for an erect penis, the end goal wasn't that I would be a sexually satisfied woman, or a person who was curious about other forms of sexuality. ... Jim Ambrose personal sexual pleasure wasn't taken into account.

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It puts me in a position of somebody who is being proactive about their life. One who is acting in defense of Jim Ambrose and others, to couch it that way informs the listener -- often a potential sexual partner -- that I care what you think, but I know enough about Jim Ambrose to know that if you want to perceive me as a victim, cry for me, be disgusted by me or get up and leave, you can do all of those things.

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I think there is a resilience gene. There are so many times when I could have packed it in, or subsisted on scraps. Or I could have chosen girlfriends who were bad for me or cruel or abusive, but I didn't, i need for them to see me as plainly and clearly as they possibly can. I need unequivocal visibility from my sexual partner.

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It's hard for people to wrap their head around what exactly is going on. It gets everywhere -- it's nothing but sprawl. It's not limited to the bedroom.

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I'd never had any dilation( which would have kept the passage open), so it was just a shock to my body. I left that moment being like' That really hurt !' but Cosmo( magazine) said it would get better. It didn't get better in terms of pleasure, but it got better in terms of not hurting as much every single time.

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These elements of intimacy are what I needed at the time, tickling is my hurrah !

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I let the shame of having a different body and not looking' normal,' debilitate me, i needed that permission and Bo Laurent gave it to me.

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I'm really persuaded by things, like the idea of what high school should be. I really wanted a high school experience and part of that was dating a boy and having sex with that boy.

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I wanted to be so drunk that sex felt OK. I thought I'd feel less reserved and that sex would feel good. You strive to be normal when you know you're not normal. Instead of talking it through, I would just drink.

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If people would just be honest and talk to you about your body, you might still make the same decisions, but I might not have -- and I would have had someone to talk to and make healthier, safer choices.

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I'm only writing a book about a black girl who is allergic to watermelon if I get a blurb from you, Cornell West, Toni Morrison, and Barack Obama saying this guy's OK.

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– Daniel Handler

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She took the time to photograph his little hands, his little feet, his hair, his ears, everything about him, ...All his beautiful little features, which in the seven hours he lived, I didn't have time to fully appreciate.

– Maria Cecilia Mosquera

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I treasure each and every photo as the seven hours we had with him, we can never get back -- except through these photos.

– Maria Cecilia Mosquera

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That night was the worst night of my life, but when I look at the images, I am not reminded of my worst night. I'm reminded of the beauty and blessings he brought.

– Cheryl Haggard

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I meet families at the most difficult time, it is not a portrait of a dead child, but rather this incredible unfolding story of love and loss.

It literally changed my life in 45 minutes.

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It is not a portrait of a dead child, but rather this incredible unfolding story of love and loss.

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The most difficult picture often becomes the most important one for them. And it doesn't mean it's pleasant.

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