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Enduring Love

As I look back on my life, I can’t remember a time that Betty wasn’t part of it. Ours is a story of love for each other, our family and humanity. While the government continues to deny us equal rights, it in no way diminishes the love we share.

Coming Out In My Mother's Shadow

Before I tell you this tale, you have to understand one thing. I lived my whole life in the shadow of my mother’s legend. It was a legend she had created and promoted, but as her daughter, I had no choice but to believe it.

Coming Out As Batman To My Daughter

I had been out to myself and my husband for about two years when I decided it was time to tell my then 13-year-old daughter. So I took her for a "girls’ day" at the mall and we shopped, had lunch and enjoyed each other’s company. Then, heart pounding and hands shaking, I sat her down on a bench and took a deep breath.

Following In My Sister's Footsteps

Coming out means so much more than telling someone that you are gay; it means freeing yourself from the bondage of self-hatred and fear. It means you empowering yourself. It means you allowing yourself the opportunity to love and be loved.

Bi-national couple separated by law

I have been living with my partner, Ian, for two years now. We are in a committed and loving relationship. He came to this country in the fall of 1999 to study and went on to earn his second master's degree in teaching English. Upon graduation, he began the difficult process of trying to find a job. At each attempt, he was rejected for not being certified, which requires U.S. citizenship.

Lesbian couple leaves America in search of equal rights

I was born and raised in South Africa, immigrated to Canada at 14, and after I graduated university, moved to the United States to work. A month after arriving in North Carolina, I met Trish in a little bookshop, over lemonade and the only two queer books in the whole store. We've been together ever since.

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