My father’s mantra over the past eight or nine years has been, “Love the sinner, hate the sin.” It is the guiding principle in his relationship to me since I came out to him. There are a few problems with the practical application of this mantra.
This year, Day of Silence made me want to scream.
I'm sure many of you know about, heard of, or participated in the Day of Silence today. This year was my first year participating and I found it very moving and enlightening.
The Rainbow Families annual conference was this weekend. It is a convocation of resources for GLBT families all over the Upper Midwest. There are workshops about legal protection of partners and children, artificial insemination, transgender parenting issues, saving for college, and adoption, just to name a few. I've gone to the prospective parent workshops before, so this year, I decided to do the educator track. What I learned about the school conditions of GLBT youth was upsetting. It hasn't gotten much better in the ridiculously huge number of years since I graduated from high school.
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At a Purim-themed burlesque show last night, I felt a definite sense that something progressive was unfolding around me. People of many ethnicities, faiths, and orientations were gathered at the gay bar to celebrate a classic tale of speaking truth to power. The energy at the bar was suffused with the spirit of something, but was it progress?
"I just want to be tolerated!"
It's a line I hear often from a rather large amount of my gay/lesbian/bi friends; a line that resonates throughout the overal LGBT community. So, I find myself guiltily wondering, is it selfish of me to want more?
Brain Drain had Middle Child in a headlock again. His older brother is much larger and stronger, and Middle Child often finds himself in a position he can't escape. His explosive emotional outbursts are his only defense against the brute force of Brain Drain. So he exploded.
"Let me go, you jerk! You're...so...GAY!"
