Lesbian Cartoonist Alison Bechdel Counters Dad’s Secrecy by Being Out and Open

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BRUCE: I need more coffee.

Where is Betty?

She went home. Lorna is on now. SMALL ALISON:

Oh. Where is your barrette? Put it back in. It keeps the hair out of your eyes. BRUCE:

SMALL ALISON:

cut.

So would a crew

If I see you without it again, I’ll wail you. Now go get Lorna. I need coffee. BRUCE:

ALISON: You didn’t notice her

at first, but I saw her the moment she walked in. She was a delivery woman. She came in with the handcart full of packages. She was an oldschool butch. Someone just came in the door, like no one I ever saw before. SMALL ALISON:

I feel—I feel—I don’t know where you came from. I wish I did. I feel so dumb. I feel— Your swagger, and your bearing, and the just right clothes you’re wearing. Your short hair and your dungarees and your lace-up boots. And your keys. Oh, your ring of keys.


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