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Pat Califia

by Pat CalifiaPublished: 1980Updated:

PAT CALIFIA

"Boy-lovers and the lesbians who have young lovers are the only people offering a hand to help young women and men cross the difficult terrain between straight society and the gay community. They are not child molesters. The child abusers are priests, teachers, therapists, cops and parents who force their stale morality onto the young people in their custody. Instead of condemning pedophiles for their involvement with lesbian and gay youth, we should be supporting them."

    ~ Pat Califia, lesbian author and activist,
    in The Advocate, October, 1980.

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