“We’ve been playing this subconscious game of cat and mouse for seven years. My sister went to her alma mater and actually my sister stayed at her old apartment. Literally, we’ve been a step behind each other for years. We met for the first time and I asked her a million and one questions.”
This is the love story that led to Alabama’s first gay marriage.
I haven’t felt safe in my own skin since [the attack]. I don’t know that I ever will again.
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
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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You couldn’t imagine two people who were better for each other. They were so close. When they walked into a room, it lit up.
I’m going to put aside my sarcasm for a minute, because this is a serious issue with serious consequences. There’s been a lot of discussion about ‘authenticity’ in porn and how amazing and valuable and feminist a quality it is, but I call bullshit on that discourse.
Kitty Stryker via this week’s NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday