Traverse City Was Hell for Chasten Buttigieg. Now It’s Home

He was trying to get away from everything for most of his childhood, ever since he was in middle school and knew he was gay. He was relentlessly bullied in school and lived in terror of being flung around in the locker room by his backpack, which happened at least once. After the hike, he recalled…

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