DEAR ABBY: I'm a 54-year-old gay man who has spent his life makg cisns wh everyone else md. Every cisn, life choice, relatnship and re...
Contents:
- MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
- DEAR ABBY: GAY WIDOWER HAS MET SOMEONE NEW. WHEN IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD?
MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
DEAR ABBY: I am a 47-year-old gay man. I'm well-ted, but there's somethg I n't figure out. Why do straight guys NOT want to be iends? I never hi... * dear abby gay *
DEAR ABBY: I am a 47-year-old gay man. -- CURIOUS IN OKLAHOMADEAR CURIOUS: The problem you're havg wh straight men may be that they are nervo about beg perceived as "gay by associatn" if they are iendly wh you. Some may also fd the ncept of beg iends wh a gay man to be part group activi and outgs is certaly a way to nnect wh others regardls of sexual orientatn.
Episo NotFrom Eric Marc: To unrstand how a heterosexual, Jewish, Midwtern dghter of a Rsian immigrant sglehandly fluenced how Amerins thought about gay people, how parents saw their gay kids, and how gay people felt about themselv, you have to go back time. Ple Phillips (nicknamed “Popo” by her fay) affirmatively took on the issue of homosexualy and the rights of gay people her lumn—begng the late 1960s/early 1970s—at a time when dog so risked backlash om her rears and the newspapers which her lumn appeared. She was one of the only high-profile celebri to do so durg an era when gay people were still nsired sick, sful, and crimal.
But spe the bags of hate mail she received om those who disagreed wh her, she never flched or backed down, which is why she holds a special place the hearts of gay people (and their fay members) who grew up wh her lumn. Phillips’s admonn to the parents of a gay child that they should “love him, love him, love him, ” rgs as te today as did when she first wrote those words her lumn s of the lumns Phillips referenc her Makg Gay History terview ncerns people who were upset about new neighbors, a lumn that she said gay people loved. That same year Jeanne was award the first ever “Straight for Equaly” award om PFLAG (then known as Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays).
DEAR ABBY: GAY WIDOWER HAS MET SOMEONE NEW. WHEN IS TIME TO MOVE FORWARD?
DEAR ABBY: I'm a gay man. My hband and I have been together almost ne years, married ls than one. Seven years ago, my mother--law cid I was no ... * dear abby gay *
Jeanne’s mother first remend PFLAG to the distrght parent of a gay child a “Dear Abby” lumn learn more about Ple Phillips and the “Dear Abby” lumn, have a look at the rourc below.
Ple Phillips’s oral history n be found Eric Marc’s book Makg Gay History. ———Episo TranscriptEric Marc Narratn: I’m Eric Marc and this is Makg Gay my first round of terviews for my book, I only spoke to one person who was a hoehold name: Dear Abby.
My immigrant grandmother went right to Dear Abby’s lumn where she uld get the latt advice on everythg om marriage and children to abortn and homosexualy. From the start she got letters askg for advice on homosexualy—om gay people who wanted to change to parents who wanted to know what they did wrong. She said posive thgs about gay men and women and homosexualy general.