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Andrew Sullivan

What gay culture is before it is anything else, before it is a culture of desire or a culture of subversion or a culture of pain, is a culture of friendship.

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Andrew Sullivan is saying that the foundation of gay culture is the strong bonds and connections formed through friendship. These relationships come first and are more fundamental than the aspects of desire, rebellion, or suffering often associated with the culture.

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