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Opinion: Remembering The LGBT 'Aunts' And 'Uncles' Who Helped Raise Me

Scott Simon reflects on the LGBTQ people who helped raise him, who would have benefited from the Supreme Court's landmark ruling in an employment discrimination case this week.
People gather at the historic Stonewall Inn to celebrate the LGBTQ Supreme Court victory on June 15, 2020.

A man I called Uncle Jim showed me how to tie a tie. The day I was going to graduate from 8th grade, he saw me in a white shirt with a yellow clip-on bow tie, shook his head, and went to his apartment to bring back

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