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Four years ago Amanda* met Julie at a club in San Francisco. It was love at first sight, though they were both cautious and went through a formal “Let’s see […]
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1 Automatic Rifle, 180 Rounds of Ammunition/Minute, and 49 Dead
Flowers covered the entrance of the inconspicuous Stonewall Inn in New York. A mostly silent, sad crowd of 30-something young men and women was busy writing placards bearing the names […]
World AIDS Day 2015: A Tribute to the First Generation We Lost
What I Did For Love Kiss today goodbye The sweetness and the sorrow Wish me luck the same to you But I can’t regret what I did for love Look […]
In Gay Families and Straight Families Alike, Being a Grandparent Is Wonderful
I smiled at the magazine cover: two modishly clad men holding an infant in a pink dress. I could hardly believe that Architectural Digest, the upscale decorating bible of the […]
The Companionship of the Discriminated Against: A Vacation With Venture Out
In 2007 my husband, an 80-year old straight emeritus professor of chemistry, and I booked a cruise up the Danube River from Budapest to Nuremberg. We did so to remember […]
Lessons from Alan Turing: Prejudice Is a Dangerous Enemy
He who saves one life saves the entire world. -Talmud Last weekend I went to see The Imitation Game, a film based on Alan Turing’s breaking of the Enigma code […]
Rabbi Brian Besser: The Long Road to Happiness
Religion was always important to Brian Besser. He took his bar mitzvah very seriously, and for many years thereafter joyfully attended a special high school program held every Sunday morning […]
I am deeply religious. How do I reconcile my faith with my child being gay?
Rona never knew that Jamie, the favorite of her four sons, was gay. When he came out she was crushed. Within six months Jamie died of HIV/AIDS. Being gay was […]
Gay Pride Day
I attended my first gay pride parade twenty-six years ago in San Francisco. My companions included my son David and three of his pals: Robert, Dave, and Frank. David cross-dressed from the […]
A Blog for Parents of Gay Children of All Ages
Life thrusts us into roles we never dreamt of. For me this is being an advisor to, and advocate for, the parents of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) teens or […]
The Gay World as Navigated by a Straight Mom 