Two Students
When I was first hired as the vocal music teacher by Natomas Charter School in March 2001, I told the executive director that I would only commit to staying for five years at the most. I had other adventures ahead and believed that classroom teaching was not my passion. Then, I met the children. In [...]
Sexuality vs. Love
As we continue having debates regarding rights, freedoms, and full citizenship for people in same-gender relationships, we may want to conserve our energy and make our discussions more efficient and accurately reflective of every type of relationship.
By Any Other Name…
What I’ve realized, though, is that these various incarnations of my name are like Hansel and Gretel’s breadcrumbs to my memory. As someone whose had two small strokes already and probably will have another one eventually, any tools that amplify my memory are good tools.
The Invisible Gay Dollar
What happens if the money from the LGBT and PFLAG community disappeared?
Some Perspective on the DOJ and DADT and DOMA
It’s frustrating to realize that we are having issues regarding civil rights in our third century of existence as a country; we, whose ancestors left England, and many other countries for that matter, for freedom.
Communication in Action
What many of us don’t realize is that the level of communication in an intimate relationship is the glucometer of that pairing’s well-being. Insidious silence can create a hypoglycemic stupor that can be fatal to what might otherwise be a healthy partnership.
Smudges of Life
We are increasingly smudging the lines of sexuality, culture and ethnicity more and more all the time.
First Down and Wonderment
It seems I’m well on my way to understanding football. After eleven years of discussing defense and offense with David, recognizing patterns and plays, and being able to identify the positions on the ball field, I realized tonight that although I’m no expert, I am comfortable watching the game with my husband.
Slowly… Slowly
Slowly, the awakening is beginning that each person, no matter how they are identified in the little boxes on most forms, has the right to all the freedoms promised in our United States Constitution.
A Speech for Some of Us
A Letter to President Obama: “Your silence is injuring our gay youth every day it continues. Your daily inaction is another pound of weight of intolerance and neglect on their necks.”
