My sister graduated as valedictorian of her high school. I was proud of her, not jealous, as many years of comparisons between the two of us have come to an end. I hope she retains what she has learned. As the years go on, I feel like everything jammed into my head in those gifted schools has faded. I have no memory of historical dates, ( Read more... )

I returned from Phoenix with the travel sniffles, which freaked me out for a day as a close colleague of mine had just been diagnosed with H1N1. Thankfully I'm in the clear, though running around in my Halloween costume this week may change that.


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Shaun visited this past weekend. It was sweaty old times, the city packed in with gays for the National Equality March, and we danced up on boxes like we used to do, only this time I had the next day off to recover. England even joined us, and it was a party, and it was a flashback to somethng I've already lived out.

At the wedding, I couldn't ( Read more... )

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interesting to hear this from a could-have-been first daughter.

Gay, lesbian married couples won't be counted as such in 2010 census
Same-sex married couples in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and any other state where their unions are recognized, will not be counted as such in the 2010 U.S. Census because of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, according to this article. Instead, any same-sex couples who ( Read more... )

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"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.

Earlier this week, I mentioned being unsettled by this article stating that gay marriage is the "wrong issue." What I should have said is that I take massive issue with it. The author seems to insinuate that not only should gays have better things to do with their time than stick up for their own rights, but we are also all of the same political ( Read more... )

- i am unsettled by this article, mostly because i feel like i need to rework my opinions on the subject. someone asked me, "why do you want to be married so badly anyway?" i suppose i'm not so quick to say that the institution wouldn't work for me. and i'm not afraid of the community dissolving.
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Prop 8 Proponents Seek to Nullify Existing Gay Marriages