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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=382376" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=140 BGCOLOR="#808080" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1132c4b0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="75" ALT="Logo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B>--Type Title Here--</b></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=340 BGCOLOR="#A0A0A4" TEXT="#080000"> <div> COMMING SOON:</div> <bR> <div>   <I><B>C.H.A.D.</b></I></div> <bR> <div> A web site to give hope to gay high school kids.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> MY   STORY</div> <div> J<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#9900FF" FACE="Calligraph421 BT" >oey was your classic homophobic-teen; Classic Redneck is a better description.  A "good-ole-boy" in the foothills of the north Georgia mountains. Each a carbon copy of the next. To gain a "good-ole-boy" status, one must meet the following criteria: </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>1) Drive a big jacked-up Ford (Piss on Chevy decal and all), or Chevy (Piss on Ford, of course), loud ass trucks. </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>2) Wear a simple tee-shirt, usually sporting the Confederate flag, and blue jeans with a tobacco-can imprint permentaly outlined in the back pocket.  A "good-ole-boy" always has his dip.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>3) Oh yeah, how could I have forgotten. A belt-buckle that could be a versatile dinner plate.   Slab of ribs anyone?</I></div> <bR> <div> Joey defiantly had the "good-ole-boy" stamp of approval. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> O<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#9900FF" FACE="Calligraph421 BT" >ver the summer between my freshman and sophomore year, I came out to my female best friend. The summer continued and I grew anxious as the new school year approached. Had I done the right thing by telling someone this exciting secrete? My Sophomore year started out like normal, but after about two weeks, things began to change. People were avoiding me; How strange. I had been a stand out "cool" kid since preschool. Everyone knew me. I was third in my class my freshman year. Now, instead of being looked at with smiles; I was being looked at with sniggers and whispering. My exciting secret was out. As the "have you heard?" story spread, the name calling and physical threats began. </FONT></div> <div>  </div> <div> T<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#9900FF" FACE="Calligraph421 BT" >he most shocking experience happened in my Algebra 2 class. Joey, remember him, sat at the back of the class with his boys. The teacher had asked one of the boys for the answer to a question. The teacher asked him if he had been listening. Joey spoke up. "No, he wasn't. He was day dreaming about that faggot Chad". I sat there, mortified, waiting for my stomach to stop rolling. I was getting physically sick. The teacher looked at me with a "what do I do" stare on his face. His answer, Nothing. I got up and went to the bathroom and cried. What else was I suppose to do? I didn't know what to do or say. I collected my composure and returned to class. </FONT></div> <div> I endured four more weeks of name calling and threats. At the end of the six week class rotation, I withdrew from public school and lost a personal battle.... </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>I don't want to loose the war. </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>E-Mail me with links and information if you'd like to help.  Just click the link below.</b></div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:phil@tds.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:phil@tds.net"><U><B><IMG SRC="36f64250.gif" border=0 width="100" height="37" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>