He Called Me Beautiful

Tyler: It's 1998. The brutal murder of a gay man just made national news. I'm a skinny skater boy and low in the high school food chain already- no way am I coming out. But at a masked Halloween party, the cutest guy in school (and the only one who's out) doesn't recognize me. We dance together and he kisses me before I bolt. Now he's desperate to find out who I am. If he does, he and his preppy friends hate me so much he'll freak out.

I want to tell him the truth, but I can't.

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Sutton: It's 1998. Will & Grace is on TV, Ellen's come out, and I'm the token gay prep everyone loves as long as I wear the right clothes and hate the right people. A mystery boy kisses me at my Halloween party, and I need to find him. My friends worry he might be a loser. I don't care if he is. When I tell them that, they flip out... and suddenly the cool gay kid isn't so cool anymore.

I have to find this guy, if only so I'm not alone.