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At 10:53 AM, jayfk said...

Are you fucking kidding me? I can't even bear to read all of this entry in its long boring entirety - but skimmng it, it seems to be... are you fucking selling us out right at the eleventh hour? I'm speechless.

At 10:55 AM, Anonymous said...

fags burn

At 10:56 AM, Leah B said...

This is quite an outstanding piece. I hear where you're coming from, but I don't know what the answer is. My brother too, owes his life to hetracil, and while I've become quite ANTI prop 313 from following your blog in recent
months -- would it be such a bad thing if teenagers had to wait a couple of years before taking it?

It seems to be the only solution that addresses the all of the issues you've raised.

At 10:58 AM, gilda said...

Benjamin-You'e always funny, eloquent, and intlligent, but this is the first time you'e had me in tears - bravo!

At 10:59 AM, Bored Shitless said...

hey-

I just got a distraught email from from one of your loyal readers, and I couldn't believe it was true without coming here to see for myself.

I can't finish your long boring story, but I've read enough to know that you're a fraud and a selfish traitor- shut up and don't answer me - there is no excuse for supporting proposition 313.

Thank you for making me look like a psychic (I knew you were full of shit from the start) I'm so glad I never bought into your whiny, self-important arguments in the first place.

At 11:10 AM, blue mugstein said...

Leah B -
If you can ask a question that stupid - (re: "would it be such a bad thing if teenagers had to wait...") then I simply don't believe that you've been reading this blog for "the last few months" as you claim.

Your question presents a complete and total lack of understanding as to the central thesis of KeepChoiceLegal - force kids to wait until they are 18 and you are going to create suicide, suffering, and broken families. Additionally,
the passage of this proposition is going to create a black market for Hetracil amongst minors - just what we need - another corrupt and dangerous system taking the place of what the government ought to be controlling in the first
place.

At 11:11 AM, wakeupwhiteppl said...

You don't get it - FAGS *and* mutants will be burning in hellfire on judgement day. Repent now or join them.

At 11:20 AM, coco said...

We love you and are proud of you no matter what you choose!!

LOVE
mark,david & betsy in Littleton

At 11:31 AM, Bill Nash said...

MrLeo,
I am very grateful to you for posting what is obviously a very honest and touching account of what brought you to where you are today...

I think you've shown a tremendous amount of bravery in "coming out," as it were, and that there's most certainly a lot that can be learned by studying your story and your decisions.

I have to confess to being saddened by your story- I'm a 45 year old, married, "normal" white male who lives outside Reno Nevada... I've got to tell you that I too remember hating my spastic body when I was 15 years old. I wasn't
athletic, I felt gorky, geeky, and awful as a teenager... And I would go as so far as to say that most of the good friends I've made since high school had similar experiences.

What I'm trying to say is that feeling awkward and
embarrassed is a natural part of growing up - most teenagers go through at least somewhat of an awkward phase- and to take a pill, any pill, that robs you of the transition away from that awkwardness seems more than wrong to me; it seems like a tragedy.

I'll continue to support the passage of proposition 313 for these reasons. Please excuse me if I come off as preachy or condescending - in retrospect, there were lots of things that I thought I knew, that I turned out not to really know. Learning them was a process- and process that I can't in good conscience deprive any teenager of -- It's an integral part of what makes
us human!!

Respectfully Submittied,
Bill Nash

At 11:33 AM, deaganR said...

what is all this? you think hetracil should be illegal for teenagers? a month ago I was on here and you said it saved your life. uh???
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At 11:40 AM, Sebastian said...

I for one am really surprised to see how much negativity there is posted here. Did you guys even read his post, and if so, isn't there anything substantive you can say? Resorting to these unqualified, unexplained accusations seems to indicate that you haven't got any logically defensable objections.

Benjamin- Your post provides a welcome abundance of background and information on your personal history. Given what you've done to get from there to here, I can sympathize with the confusion you must be feeling at this particular point in time.

Could there be a middle ground that would be worth pursuing with Rachael Sondheim? For instance, perhaps there's a way of supporting a modified proposition 313, which perhaps allowed children under 18 to undergo a rigorous psychological evaluation to determine where the insure that the desire for this pill was really coming from them and not their parents?

Thanks for taking the time to put this all out there - Your earnest, logical efforts are not lost on everyone...

At 11:44 AM, roland McCann said...

Elequent as always Benjamin - thanks. The story of you and your mother particularly got to me.
god bless
roland

At 11:48 AM, brgBkAIDS said...

ASSFAGS burn

fuck each other and die!
xCox

At 11:56 AM, RAtkins said...

If some of us appear to be on the boundries of losing our coposure, try to keep in mind the ramification of Benjamin Leo's sudden change of heart.

The anger (speaking only for myself) that I'm feeling is over Benjamin Leo's hippocracy - the fact that he himself took this pill at 16 and that he's going back on his word to ensure that other CHILDREN are able to do the same.

It's no problem for him - he already has his medication - it's the kids out there (and god forbid they DIE between the ages of 16 to 18, as homosexuals, and are condemned to hellfire because of Benjamin's selfishness)

Don't forget Benjamin - you didn't become the "poster-boy" for Hetracil on your own - it was a position bestowed upon you through the support of this community - And you've taken this trust, and thrown it away at the moment where
you had a chance to make a difference.

Fag.

At 12:08 PM, AliD said...

Can you say, mmelodramatic? I've never understood this argument by the christain right that hetracil SAVES LIVES, and now after wading through this self righteous diatribe, I can finally say with confidence that I was right! It
DOESN'T!!

Benjamin, Hetracil didn't SAVE YOUR LIFE - jesus fucking christ. I don't even understand the implication you're only half-trying to position here: how did it SAVE your life??? What, you would have KILLED yourself if you had remained
homosexual? WAH I'm gay and I can't handle it. WAH I'm a gay teenager and if I don't get my gay vitamins I'm gonna kill myself!!

p.s. what about SUICIDE?? Isn't that against god's commandments as well?
grow the FUCK up...

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At 12:17 PM, twizer said...

Benjamin -

Congratulations on a very well-written piece.

I am not a fan of your blog in general, not because of anything stylistic, but simply because you buy into the
(now mostly unchallenged) assumption that homosexuality is a by-prpoduct of gentics. This misconception is wholly symptomatic of society's failure to distinguish
"homosexuality" from "effeminism."

I am a homosexual man, but I am not effeminate in any way whatsoever - quite to the contrary, I am neither effeminate nor do I asasociate with or feel attraction to men that are effeminate.

I have never tried taking Hetracil, as I am absolutely comfortable with - thankful for - my homosexual identity. I suspect if I *were* to take this drug, it would have no effect on my Homosexuality whatsoever.

How would you address this issue?

At 12:23 PM, brgBkAIDS said...

ASSFAGS burn

fuck each other and die!
xCox

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