'I couldn't protect him from everything': Parents of slain college student Blaze Bernstein speak out
by Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times
Jan 18, 2018
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES - Blaze Bernstein never formally came out to his parents as gay. But they had an idea. When his mother, Jeanne Pepper Bernstein, tried to broach the subject, Blaze brushed her off and preferred to remain quiet.
It was understandable, the parents said. He was still trying to explore his identity and his world as a college sophomore at University of Pennsylvania. He didn't want to be viewed in just one way, they said. He was still growing up.
"Well, I will tell you this. I do have a lot of gay friends,"
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