This piece was originally published by 100 Days in Appalachia. Growing up in southern West Virginia in the '60s and '70s, Jeff Mann first came to terms with his sexual identity in the pages of Patricia Nell Warren's "The Front Runner." His favorite teacher, who confided to him that she was a lesbian, lent him […]
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