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A Letter To My Father

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Rudy Martinez
Dec 10, 2025
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In a previous letter, someone asked if you and Uncle Charlie didn’t always get along because he was gay. Of all the possible reasons for friction between you two, that was the last one I could imagine. Homophobia wasn’t in your DNA. If anything, I think you were hurt that he didn’t trust you enough to tell you outright.

I suspect some of it started when …

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