Army Hero Defiant After Surviving Brutal Gay-Bashing Attack

‘There are assholes who [try] to stifle you, to quiet you down and show their dismay at who you are. Don’t allow these f---ing assholes to do that to you.’

Spencer Ackerman 

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Published Jan. 16 2018 5:00AM EST 

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