James Finn
Feb 2, 2024

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I'm so sorry things are still so unstable. I wish you all the very best. And I thank you for the valuable service you're performing by shining a light on the problem of the mentally ill and homeless. It isn't easy to find solutions for people with mental illnesses like your son has, but as a society we need to grapple with it. We can't do that if we don't see the problem from your perspective, the perspective of a loving family member.

It's too easy otherwise, I think, to simply dehumanize people and wash our hands.

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James Finn
James Finn

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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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