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Monthly Archives: February 2012

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Marcia’s Law: My Name Is Marcia and I Have a Gay Son

February 2, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Marcia Prichason “Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play? Sunrise, Sunset. Sunrise, Sunset. Seasons turn overnight to sunflowers, blossoming even as we gaze. […]

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Family, LGBT, Life, Marcia's Law, Parenting
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“Take It Off”: How I Learned to Love My Body

February 2, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Johnny Gall I first learned to love my body at age 22 in a night club in Chelsea. But some history first. I’ve been overweight to some degree or […]

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Editorial, LGBT, Life
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“Hell to Burn”: My Story of Growing Up Catholic

February 1, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Ian Rogers One morning when I was very young, my mother drove my sister and I to an old brick church to pray for a relative undergoing surgery that […]

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LGBT, Religion
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Why Tuscon & Ethnic Studies May Bind the Future of Queer Politics (Not Cynthia Nixon)

February 1, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Robert Chlala While Sex and the City co-star Cynthia Nixon’s scandalous assertions have propelled LGBT bloggers and organizations into raging debates over gay-by-birth or gay-by-choice, a struggle is going on […]

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Activism, Art/Culture, LGBT
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“Pariah”: Not Just a Gay Black Love Story

February 1, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Johnathan Fields Note: This post was previously featured on Rippedemup.com and has been re-blogged with permission from the author. You can find the original here. Pariah (puh-rayh-uh) noun: 1) a […]

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Art/Culture, Editorial, LGBT, Life
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Bad With Men: Going Off the Rails

February 1, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Dana Norris Dana Norris is the founder and host of Story Club. She once went on 120 internet dates.  This was date number two. Jack is also late for […]

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Bad With Men, Dating, Life
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Without My Consent: My Experience With Being Outed

February 1, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Ariana Barreto Trigger Warning: This article deals with delicate subject matter and is not suitable for all audiences. This year was the first year that I came out to […]

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Coming Out, Life

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