A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay upl.
Contents:
- IS IT GAY HBAND? LBIAN WIFE? OR WHAT?
- HOW TO INTRODUCE A MARRIED GAY COUPLE
- 12 GAY COUPL HOLLYWOOD WHO HAVE THE MOST ROMANTIC LOVE STORI
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
- GAY MARRIAGE QUANDARY: AM I THE BRI OR GROOM?
IS IT GAY HBAND? LBIAN WIFE? OR WHAT?
Follow a gay uple’s lead as to how to refer to one spoe. And when doubt, “partner” ually satisfi everyone. * who is a gay couple *
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27, 2012Every 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.
" I am a straight man my 50s, and most same-sex upl of my age group e “partner” to refer to each other although younger gay male iends speak of their “hbands” wh lbian upl routely g “wife.
HOW TO INTRODUCE A MARRIED GAY COUPLE
An Army sergeant asks how to troduce his girliend to a married gay uple, one of whom is an officer. * who is a gay couple *
Given today’s crazy-quilt mix of state marriage laws (ma even more so by the Electn Day victori for gay weddgs), ’s no wonr you are nfed about how to refer to our signifint others. The other day I heard about a recently married gay man who mentned his “hband” passg to a woman of a certa age (meang ours! It’s tertg to me that you rrectly intify the generatnal difference among your gay, lbian and bisexual iends (two snaps for payg attentn!
) and I’ll bet you’re likely to rell when other terms were vogue — “longtime pann” was obuary for “gay” – and back the day the sexually suggtive “lover” was the mon moniker for many a practil level what I suggt dog is listeng to how a uple troduc or refers to each other. For stance, I recently overheard a gay iend a long-term relatnship refer to his better half as his “spoe” only to hear one of the straight folks ask him mut later what kd of work his “iend” did. I’d love to see Endora st a spell on Congrs and get to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prohibs Feral regnn of gay and lbian weddgs (and ni more than 1, 100 benefs like Social Secury for survivg spo or hospal visatn rights).
12 GAY COUPL HOLLYWOOD WHO HAVE THE MOST ROMANTIC LOVE STORI
From Neil Patrick Harris to Ricky Mart, learn more about your favore celebry gay upl who have the most romantic love stori. * who is a gay couple *
If you need advice about gay/straight suatns or issu (geared to a boomer-aged dience), send them to Mr.
They started hostg weddgs after their own venue told them — the week of their weddg — that would not acmodate a gay uple.
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
* who is a gay couple *
The stunts were there to learn about gay relatnships a settg where they uld ask qutns whout fear. ”Now ’s easy for a gay person to get offend by this qutn.
I read an article recently that quoted RuPl, a gay in, who said, “The people who are mullg over certa words will have to ask themselv, ‘Is that word g om a place of love, or g om a place of hate?
GAY MARRIAGE QUANDARY: AM I THE BRI OR GROOM?
One of the biggt reasons is that we as gay people are fightg to not be assigned a genr or a role all of the time our relatnships or life. As gay people, we want to be seen as two people who love each other and are a mted relatnship.
That’s , but you n’t apply who we are to all gay relatnships. It was clear that people the class me om all walks of life and had many different levels of experience wh gay people.