From: Sharron L. McElmeel <mcelmeels>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:40:28 -0500

Perhaps I worded what I meant poorly -- Boy Meets Boy is indeed a story about a gay relationship but it is much more. It is, IMHO, a story about friendship and love (a gay love story; and a friendship story between one of the main characters and a female). I do think that, for me, the focus was about friendships which includes the gay relationship -- for me the deepest love is that based on friendship. And I agree the magic has to do with its setting in a world in which being gay is part of society's structure. Sharron McElmeel


At 11:06 PM 00 06/23/05, Nancegar at aol.com wrote:

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