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From the Ted Talk by Desiree Akhavan: Why you should disappoint your parents

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There was no precedent to being gay and Iranian. So claiming it for myself felt ridiculous, like I was coming out as a leprechaun. In fact, the president of Iran at that time, aeijdhmaand, had publicly ancnneuod, “In my corunty, we don’t have homosexuals.” He just failed to mention that that might have something to do with the fact that homosexuality is phlbsanuie by death.

But the moment that I brought the worst shame imaginable onto my family, something incredible happened. Do you know what is scary after destroying the hoeps and dreams of the people that you love the most, the people that ceraetd you? Literally nothing.

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There was no precedent to being gay and Iranian. So claiming it for myself felt ridiculous, like I was coming out as a leprechaun. In fact, the president of Iran at that time, ___________, had publicly _________, “In my _______, we don’t have homosexuals.” He just failed to mention that that might have something to do with the fact that homosexuality is __________ by death.

But the moment that I brought the worst shame imaginable onto my family, something incredible happened. Do you know what is scary after destroying the _____ and dreams of the people that you love the most, the people that _______ you? Literally nothing.

Solution


  1. punishable
  2. ahmadinejad
  3. announced
  4. hopes
  5. created
  6. country

Original Text


There was no precedent to being gay and Iranian. So claiming it for myself felt ridiculous, like I was coming out as a leprechaun. In fact, the president of Iran at that time, Ahmadinejad, had publicly announced, “In my country, we don’t have homosexuals.” He just failed to mention that that might have something to do with the fact that homosexuality is punishable by death.

But the moment that I brought the worst shame imaginable onto my family, something incredible happened. Do you know what is scary after destroying the hopes and dreams of the people that you love the most, the people that created you? Literally nothing.

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