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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Same-Sex Couples Note that they Feel More Secure After Marrying
Is this a surprise? No! A new study looking at the impact of gay marriage
in Massachusetts has concluded that married gays are more comfortable being themselves at home, with friends and families
and with co-workers. Of course they are. They also report (93%) that they married for love and companionship.
My book, Preference for Love talks about what might have happened if my parter of 25 years and I had been able to get married
before we broke up - just a year after the first gay marriages. I think we might have either married or broken up and
either one may have made our relationship better. I'm looking for an agent/publisher! Help me!
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
More than 13,000 troops have been discharged for being gay
This statistic is from 1993 to today. Unbelievable.
Another amazing story in today's NY Times. Two women report
that they were (independantly) not allowed to see their long term lesbian partners when they were dying in the hospital. One
of the woman reports that the couple's children, under age 12, were not allowed in either.
This is too much and
it has to stop!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
New Gay Memoir
I just read about a memoir written by Reynolds Price about his days as a gay student
at Oxford University. I haven't read the book yet, but I plan to. Most amazingly, it's published by Scribner!
I guess that's what you get when you've written over 35 books, poetry volumes, and short stories.
For the
rest of us gay people, it's a homophobic publishing world out there! I now see the need for Alyson, Cleis, Bold Strokes,
and other gay oriented publishers. It's going to be interesting to see how well Price's book sells! Maybe if it
sells well, that will bode well for the rest of us gay people who've written memoirs about our lives.
Is anyone, other than gay people, interested in the lives of gay people? How can so many be against gay
marriage, gay adoption, and other gay rights when they're not even interested enough to learn about gay life?
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Gay Marriage Presses Forward/A Mother's Day Poem for Someone Else's Mother
The rest of the New England states are jumping on board with MA, CT,
and VT. Now DC is getting in on it. It's a great thing.
I've been thinking about Mother's
Day. Here is one of my Mother's Day poems. It was written for a therapist I once saw and loved very much.
A Mother's Day Gift
Sometimes I wish you were my mother
You're not old enough
to be
Of course
But I'm not always as old
as I am
Either
Last
month I was
A clingy two year old
I liked it
When You Said
I
don't mind clingy
Needy two-year olds
It
bothered me to be that way
But it was good to know it didn't bother you
Last week I was a demanding teenager
And you didn't give me what I wanted
I stormed out
Swearing
at you under my breath
I told myself I don't need you
But I do
There
are times when I feel
Like
I am a little baby
I can't tell you what I want or need
But using
a bit of trial and error
And
a dose of patience
You try to help me figure it out
The other day I felt like you threw up your hands
In frustration with me
You were really mad
I am sorry I can be so demanding
But I
need you
To be close with me
Help me eliminate the distance
between us
Make us seamless
A complete connection
So at that moment
Being together is all that matters
To both of us
I need you to love me and connect with me
Love me and connect with me
Over and over
again
When we're together
Every day, every hour, every moment
This is my demand
I know it's unreasonable
But demands are demands
When we eliminate the distance
I feel your love far me deep inside of
me
And I can really feel your heart inside of you
Like I am on the inside touching
it
You really know me
And I really know you
The result is closeness, coziness
Softness, comfort
We're
seamlessly connected
Feeling
relaxed
Having fun
Just being together
There are many aspects of my love for you
I know I am not your daughter
And you are not my mother
But today So
close to Mother's Day
I
need you to be
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