“Deviant (definition): A person who wanders from the One True Path and is caught urinating somewhere in the midst of the unthinkable. A person taking any exit ramp off the freeway of self-righteousness.”

— Richard Summerbell

Abnormally Happy: A Gay Dictionary (1985)

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