Results for: gay marriage
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Raising Baby T. Rex: Club Fawn, No Naps, and Reclaiming Procreation
Reclaiming queer procreation, dropping the last nap, stupid crows, Baby T. at A-Camp, and losta cute T. Rex pics.
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Home Sweet Homo: A Guide to Buying Your First Home
Where do you even start the journey of finding your dream home? Right here!
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So, We’re Getting Married Now?
“Neither of us were comfy with the public spectacle of the thing, especially G. She didn’t like the thought of publicizing our private relationship. We also felt a bit blah about marriage itself, which can feel like an outdated institution. And there were practical worries, too — like how would we plan a big event, with so much on our plates?”
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Visiting Family After Marrying my Wife, Part 2: In the Safe Zone
“I felt I was gradually becoming like those newly married Indian women with henna on their hands at JFK or Heathrow… Of course, I didn’t look anything like them and my wedding bowtie was probably the only equivalent to their bridal henna, but I couldn’t help noticing parallels.”
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Visiting Family After Marrying my Wife, Part 1: Packing My Suitcase
“Since the wedding has made me come out to more people than I had ever intended, this trip back to my place of origin makes facing their reactions inevitable. Will my physical presence stoke the intensity of their opposition?”
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Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Crying Over My Multigrain Waffles and Whimsical Onesies (31 Weeks)
I started the 31st week of my pregnancy crying over the kitchen sink as I crammed my gestational diabetes breakfast into my mouth. It wasn’t the pregnancy hormones this time. It was the overwhelming grief and the sudden realization of what it means to be a parent.
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Wedding Feelings I’m Powering Through: 40 Day Countdown
I’m getting married in 40 days! Here are some unfiltered feelings and things about that, because what else was I supposed to do?
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What Does It Mean To Be A Queer Adult? The Autostraddle Roundtable
What does it mean to be a queer adult? We’ve got mini-essays from our writers over thirty and three glorious infographics that look at census data and our own Autostraddle Grown-Ups Survey Data to get a grip on what happens next.
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Gayby Maybe? The Epic Queer Parenting Roundtable!
Our panel answers your questions about getting knocked up, adopting, the challenges and rewards of queer mom life, and so much more!
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Gal Pals, Community, Money, Marriage, Bike-Riding and Acceptance Make LGBTQ Women Feel Healthier
Welcome to the first in a series of exciting discoveries from our survey of over 4,000 Autostraddle readers over the age of 29.
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Top 10 Lesbian, Queer or Bisexual Celebrities We Remember Being Out Back Then
On our recent survey of Autostraddle readers over 29 we asked “who was the first lesbian or bisexual celebrity/public figure you remember being aware of?” These are the scientific results of that particular investigation.
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Actual Experts Tell Supreme Court Gays Are Great Parents, Bigots Are Wrong
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a lengthy report based on 30 years of researching explaining why banning same-sex marriage “for the children” doesn’t make any sense.
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How to Keep a Girl for 10 Years: 5 Steps To A Better Y’all!
In my first installment of How To Keep A Girl For Ten Years, I explore the notion of solidarity through individualism, selflessness and creativity!
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How My Motherhood Made My Mother Accept My Lesbianism
She didn’t say “I have suspected this for years and I still love you.” It went more like a Scared Straight kind of thing but instead of scaring me about drugs and a life of crime, she wanted to scare me straight, straight. “Just Say No to Lesbianism” straight.
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GetUp! Australia’s Ad Is the Cutest Thing to Happen to Gay Marriage Since Ellen and Portia
Everyone is in love with the new ad spot for marriage equality from GetUp! Australia.
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The “Institution of Marriage” Goes Gay in New York and It Looks Good
As is only reasonable given the fact that we’ve been denied access to it for all but the last decade of our nation’s history, “the institution of marriage” has come to mean something unique and unprecedented to the gay community.
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“Commitment Campaign”: New Game Plan For Making Straight People Like Us
The “equal rights” angle wasn’t working so some gay marriage advocates are switching it up.
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Two Lesbian Moms Awarded Parental Rights, Almost As If Both Are Actually Parents
Two moms in Florida were awarded equal parenting rights, which is sadly actually a landmark occasion.
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New Study Questions Whether There Really Is “No Difference” Between Gay and Straight Parents
“This study cannot answer political questions about same-sex relationships and their legal legitimacy.”
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Just a Sweet Lesbian Love Story in “Vows” You’ll Probably Like
Riese’s Team Pick: Gail Marquis & Audrey Smaltz, partners of 12 years, earn The NY Times’ coveted “VOWS” placement this Sunday and their story is extra-adorbs.