"It's hard to be different," Scarborough said. "And perhaps the best answer is not to tolerate differences, not even to accept them. But to celebrate them. Maybe then those who are different would feel more loved, and less, well, tolerated." 
 This book gives great insight on how defined LGBT people can feel by the labels, and how important it is to accept who they are as they are. 
 "Straight people don't have to think every time they talk, about whether they are coming out. We do. That might be hard, but that's also why we have to come out. if we don't, it's pretty much impossible to have a conversation about anything beyond the weather without lying. we really have no choice, do we ?" 
 I loved Rafe's relationship with his parents, they're just the bomb. 
 Rafe goes through a great journey of discovery, with a lot of help from My Scarborough's forced self-reflection. 
 Good characters that kept me engaged, even when I was pretty mad at Rafe. 
 "It was like when you approach a woman whom you think is beautiful and you see the caked-on blush and mascara, and you realize what you are seeing isn't her; it's her vanity. You're seeing her attempt at beauty, and it's the opposite of beauty that you're looking at."