Navigatg the social grac of our ever-changg society n be tricky, and perhaps trickier for gays and lbians. Many wonr how to rpond to offensive jok or how to addrs a letter to a married gay uple. Steven Petrow giv answers his new book Steven Petrow's Complete Gay and Lbian Manners. He speaks wh gut host Jacki Lyn.
Contents:
- HOW TO ADDRS A MARRIED GAY COUPLE WH THE SAME LAST NAME
- Q&A: INVATNS: ADDRSG ONE TO A GAY OR LBIAN COUPLE?
- HOW TO INTRODUCE A MARRIED GAY COUPLE
- WHAT TO WRE A WEDDG CARD FOR A GAY COUPLE
- HOW TO ADDRS AN VATN RRECTLY FOR MARRIED GAY UPLE
HOW TO ADDRS A MARRIED GAY COUPLE WH THE SAME LAST NAME
An Army sergeant asks how to troduce his girliend to a married gay uple, one of whom is an officer. * salutation for a gay married couple *
Feel ee to apply the l when you’re referrg to a married gay uple on thgs like weddg vatns, holiday rds, and letters. Addrs each member of a male married gay uple as “Mr. All the l for addrsg a married gay uple wh the same last name apply whether they have chosen to e 1 last name or to e a hyphenated versn of both their last nam.
Q&A: INVATNS: ADDRSG ONE TO A GAY OR LBIAN COUPLE?
Do you know what to wre on a greetg rd for a gay weddg? You would be amazed at how many people don't! But I have some spiratn for you right here. * salutation for a gay married couple *
There are general l you n follow, but not every gay uple has the same preference, so they might appreciate if you ask. Addrs each member of a female married gay uple as “Mrs. This uld apply anytime you're vg a married gay person you know to some kd of formal event and you're vg they're partner as a "pl 1.
HOW TO INTRODUCE A MARRIED GAY COUPLE
* salutation for a gay married couple *
There are no l set stone about whose name you have to put first when you’re addrsg a gay uple. For example, one member of a gay married uple might intify as more feme and would th prefer to be lled Mrs.
WHAT TO WRE A WEDDG CARD FOR A GAY COUPLE
What To Wre In A Weddg Card For A Gay Couple. Weddg Wish For Gay Couple. Other Important Tips To Note For Wrg Weddg Card Msag. * salutation for a gay married couple *
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Q:How do you addrs an vatn to a gay or lbian uple? 24, 2013Every other Tuday, Steven Petrow, the thor of “Steven Petrow’s Complete Gay & Lbian Manners” (Workman, 2011), addrs qutns about gay and straight etiquette for a boomer-age dience.
HOW TO ADDRS AN VATN RRECTLY FOR MARRIED GAY UPLE
Send qutns for Civil Behavr to Dear Civil Behavr: I’m a sergeant the Army, and my girliend and I are to meet wh a married gay uple (he’s an officer). ” This year, thanks to the Supreme Court’s double punch June — guttg the feral Defense of Marriage Act and dismissg California’s Prop 8 — the floodgat have opened and gay upl are shg to take advantage of this momento time.
’ ”Ined, etiquette n sometim seem like a strajacket (“do this, not that”), but also sets out protol, as this suatn, that simply mak for fewer missteps or fx that said, I know om iends and my own recent marriage that changg monikers tak some gettg ed to — by both gays and straights. For stutns still adaptg to openly gay service members, the chang etiquette mt seem head-spng ed.