tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post4622934825904342553..comments2023-10-26T14:01:08.426+03:30Comments on Orange Tangerine: It's National Coming Out Day!Orangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-51499981889130451722008-10-17T08:47:00.000+03:302008-10-17T08:47:00.000+03:30Hells yes to all 3! We have gay aides (I work for...Hells yes to all 3! We have gay aides (I work for a home health agency) come in and I have some co-workers who are very homophobic. Since I have to work with them, I keep my mouth shut until it gets over the line. But for the most part, oh yeah, I do not shy away from speaking my mind.<BR/><BR/>Peanut and I have even had these conversations already and when we talked about sex, I included all thenutfantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049788927734789585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-66807972084930803562008-10-15T19:48:00.000+03:302008-10-15T19:48:00.000+03:30Jim and I were having a conversation last night ab...Jim and I were having a conversation last night about whether our local weather guy (openly gay, but very femme) was a top or bottom. Jim told me a friend of my SIL's is a bottom. Huh, I thought. Why do we know this? He said the guy had told a mutual friend, who told my SIL, who told my BIL who told my husband, and I realized he and his personal life were just a novelty to all these people. Mignonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716330276288396317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-5690385776838029822008-10-14T18:18:00.000+03:302008-10-14T18:18:00.000+03:30I'm originally from Utah dontcha know...and you wo...I'm originally from Utah dontcha know...and you wouldn't believe the bruhaha going on over the church and proposition 8 in California. <BR/><BR/>So many letters to the editor in the papers about it...from parents of gay children and parents of non gay children and other parents and bigots and fundies and the faithful.<BR/><BR/>I almost feel like wearing a tshirt that proclaims, "I support gay The Absent Minded Housewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367710044518218570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-4092959411005437042008-10-13T20:07:00.000+03:302008-10-13T20:07:00.000+03:30Orange,Don't know if you remember State Senator Al...Orange,<BR/>Don't know if you remember State Senator Allan Spear from your days in MN -- one of the very first openly gay legislators in the country. Sadly, he died this weekend, far too soon. But it's prompted a lot of positive media coverage here in the Cities in conjunction with Coming Out Day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-83674150054233533252008-10-13T16:34:00.000+03:302008-10-13T16:34:00.000+03:30I have gay friends, who I think are terrific peopl...I have gay friends, who I think are terrific people. I've brought this up in conversations that were tending toward homophobia, and essentially said that "hey, they're my friends". But I have to say that in a hostile homophobe environment (very common in the deep south), I tend to just try to quietly extricate myself from the situation. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor, and youKlynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00660732347810470100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-50279536027082511072008-10-12T22:03:00.000+03:302008-10-12T22:03:00.000+03:30Yes, yes, and I wish I had some better snappy come...Yes, yes, and I wish I had some better snappy comebacks for those darned homophobes. Any good suggestions?<BR/><BR/>JessieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-78335466452357133952008-10-12T08:50:00.000+03:302008-10-12T08:50:00.000+03:30Yes. Yes and hell yes!Yes. Yes and hell yes!Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-4379218820302718582008-10-12T08:06:00.000+03:302008-10-12T08:06:00.000+03:30This is especially important if you work with kids...This is especially important if you work with kids and teenagers. Even if you work in a conservative school or library, there are ways to be an ally to kids coming out by a)being deliberately non-heterosexist in your language and b)making it clear that you're available for non-judgmental conversations.<BR/><BR/> Great post, Orange!Feral Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456760046606299779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-87628684677427717712008-10-12T03:45:00.000+03:302008-10-12T03:45:00.000+03:30My answers are yes, yes and I sure do try but I th...My answers are yes, yes and I sure do try but I think I can do better.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886225476339783827noreply@blogger.com