Author: The JT LeRoy Story Page #2

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they didn't live.

But he did, and he was there.

[ Telephone dials ]

And slowly, my life began

to revolve around talking

to Dr. Owens that next day.

[ Telephone rings ]

So it's as if my world was

underwater.

And then, for that half an hour,

Terminator would talk to him,

it was...

[ exhales sharply ]

a gasp of air,

and then I'd go under.

[ Click, whir ]

Okay, today's date is

January 8th,

and I'm Laura.

What happened was

my parents had gotten divorced

when I was in eighth grade,

and it just exploded for me.

[ Fireworks whistling, popping ]

I started dropping out

of different schools,

and my mom is going berserk.

[ Sizzling, girl screams ]

We'd had these fights,

and she'd lose control

and throw, like, heavy things.

[ Clatter ]

She was going, like, with

a different guy all the time,

a lot of sleaze bags

that would come on to me

that would, you know,

try sh*t --

Like, one would call me up

in the middle of the night

and tell me he loved me,

he wanted to be my father,

but he also wanted

to be my lover.

[ Telephone rings ]

And my mom's seeing

this sh*t, too.

She's seeing

how f***ed up it is, too.

I called up my father.

My father said,

"Well..."

I was like, you know,

"Hey, f*** you."

So, I decided, one day,

"I have to act.

I have to do something."

[ Receiver clicks,

telephone dials ]

I pick up the phone.

I dial this hotline.

[ Telephone rings ]

And it never, ever occurred

to me to call as myself.

What reaction

would there be besides,

"You're fat and ugly

and disgusting and deserve it"?

So, I introduced myself

as a boy.

And I talked

about this situation at home,

that there was

physical abuse going on

and inappropriate

sexual relationships.

And they were

so supportive and caring.

When I hung up the phone,

I felt relief.

[ Voice breaking ]

I don't understand it.

[ Crying ] All I know is it

worked, it was like magic.

It was f***ing incredible.

And I was very addicted to that.

Terminator had problems

with continuity,

so Dr. Owen suggested

that Terminator start to write.

What Terminator wrote was

completely different.

It really surprised me.

He wrote this piece called

"Babydoll."

LeRoy:
When Jesus died,

angels cried,

and their tears turned

to stones.

My hands tremble

as I pull out my thing,

leading me to hell.

Albert:
He sent it to Dr. Owens.

[ Fax machine dials ]

[ Fax machine beeps, whirs ]

And it was like...

a new world opened.

So, Dr. Owens and I found out

that Terminator's real name was

Jeremy.

And one day,

I had to get Dr. Owens

some of Jeremy's work.

And I rode all the way over

to the hospital.

Terminator is driving.

I'm pedaling, but he's driving.

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