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👆That year my sister Penny and brother Bruce were visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, staying in Port Townsend. During his visit, Bruce confided to me for the first time that he was gay, and said one of the reasons he felt he had taken this course was because of the terrible example his own father had been for him. “After seeing how Dad treated children,” Bruce said, “I didn’t want to have any.” He asked me not to discuss it with Mom or Dad yet, since he wasn’t sure how he wanted to break it to them. I thought of, but did not comment on, Mom’s desire for a boy grandchild to carry on the Herbert family name. I didn’t know anything about the gay community, didn’t know what to say to him. I told him I loved him anyway, that his sexual preference would never change how I felt for him. But I felt awkward discussing the subject. Words did not come easily. Bruce was a studious young eccentric, a genius in electronics... Или, 25-я глава: Мама вновь заговорила о надежде на появление мальчика Герберта, который продолжит род, и о давнем желании, чтобы Брюс женился. Она уже теряла надежду. Mom spoke again of her hopes for a boy Herbert baby to carry on the family name, and of her long-standing desire for Bruce to get married. She was losing hope that he ever would, and commented, “I’m afraid he’s running with the boys from San Francisco.” This was a suspicion only and a reference to the gay community there, one of the most politically active in the world. I said nothing. И так далее. Впрочем, в одном месте все-таки появляется "Брюс и его партнер" — там, где в оригинале "My brother and his gay lover". Это, значит, читателю сигналят и подмигивают. Жаль, что никто нигде не написал, что, мол, ввиду законодательства РФ... Так было бы куда честнее. И что там еще вырезали — бог весть. В общем, имейте в виду, по-русски вы читаете кастрированную биографию Фрэнка Герберта.