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I released the brakes and drove carefully the remaining blocks to Grace�s house. She thanked me for the ride, then turned and said,  �Oh, wait!  What I was trying to say before� I just think that if you had the meeting somewhere�besides school, like say, at your house, I think it would be less embarrassing for some people�to join.�

I think that was when things began to change, really, but I suppose there are many moments along the way that I can pinpoint and say, here, here, here�s where things changed. She seemed gung ho about the GSA, and I wondered if there was something personal to her enthusiasm, but ruled it out quickly. After knowing June and Sal and all their friends, I knew lesbians. And Grace was no lesbian.

At my house? I thought. �At my house?� I said.

�Yeah, Teachers do stuff like that all the time.  Well, not all the time.  But Mr. Walsh had the film festival at his house last year.�

I wasn�t sure. But I liked the idea of Grace being in my house. But that was another inadmissible thought. But why not? I mean, she had a good point, it wasn�t about me, it was about kids dealing with a difficult issue and making it easier for them. I put up flyers with my address the next day.
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