Kate Brown is about to become Oregon’s interim governor. In the process, she’s making queerstory as the first out bisexual governor in America ever.
The big message was just, from the smallest town to the biggest town, West Virginians believe in equality.
This is a Valentine for people whose stories haven’t yet been told.
Every time she shares one of her stories I feel so damn lucky that I get to hear them for the rest of my life.
Katie, Crystal’s fiance, on her fave piece by her very special person via A+ Valentine’s Day Roundtable: From The Mouths Of Our Babes
Don’t ask me, I wanted to say. You’re a tall, burly man with a deep voice and degrees more prestigious than mine. You’re like Dorothy in teaching Oz — you can go home anytime you want, all you need to do is click those particular ruby slippers three times.
I knew it was hard to come out. I think my life was just set that way because I lived in the fashion world and I was very much on my own and when I had my relationship with Sandra, communication wasn’t like it is nowadays — so it was almost like my family and country were there and my other life was here and they just didn’t cross. It became hard once I really was sure I was gay and I wanted to live my life openly and as the years went by, well I had to be honest to my family and to the people around me and I did — I was — for many years.
It’s time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution, same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else.
I don’t feel shame anymore. I think the book was definitely the last bit of release, in a way, that I had to do in order to feel really proud of who I am. I think the transformation started way before. I don’t feel shame about anything in my life now.
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