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
- HOW TO INTRODUCE A MARRIED GAY COUPLE
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
- HOW TO ADDRS AN VATN RRECTLY FOR MARRIED GAY UPLE
- TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
- Q&A: INVATNS: ADDRSG ONE TO A GAY OR LBIAN COUPLE?
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. * how to address 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. There are general l you n follow, but not every gay uple has the same preference, so they might appreciate if you ask.
HOW TO INTRODUCE A MARRIED GAY COUPLE
* how to address gay married couple *
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. 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.
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. 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).
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
Hi all! I am wonrg how to properly addrs my STD for a married gay uple wh the same last name. I looked on google first, and all of the exampl had the upl... Page 2. * how to address gay married couple *
” 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. Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N.
HOW TO ADDRS AN VATN RRECTLY FOR MARRIED GAY UPLE
Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St. “We hope ’s the gayt affair ever!
Buttolph, Falls ChurchA: This qutn, the form of a letter to the edor, me rponse to my recent lumn on a gay uple who were angered when addrsed by a rtrant as Mr. Wh holiday vatns and rds soon to be sent, as well as many gay upl planng to tie the knot ( stat where same-sex marriage recently beme legal), now seems the perfect time for this primer.
Alas, when to namg nventns, whether for straight or gay people, there's no one-size-fs-all solutn. Miss Manners) answered this qutn: “What should I say when troduced to a homosexual uple?
TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
Addrsg your rd to this way would be perfect, as is the facto standard for any married uple, gay or straight, wh different last nam.
(Acrdg to a 2013 gay weddg survey by the Knot and the Advote, more than 6 10 gay upl keep their own surnam.
Q&A: INVATNS: ADDRSG ONE TO A GAY OR LBIAN COUPLE?
” Anecdotally, I know many younger gay and lbian upl that are creatg a new name and inty together.
Matthew Harris” (formal); “Matt and Tony Harris” (rmal) are a number of gay upl where one groom has taken the surname of his new hband, droppg his fay name altogether, which is on the upswg among younger lbian and gay upl seekg to emulate tradnal norms.
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.