Category Archives: LGBT rights

Our New Reality? More Like Same Old, Same Old

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Kate Christie

Okay. So I have waited a little while to write down my thoughts regarding the 2016 Presidential Election, AKA the day hate trumped love or, as I like to call it, that fucking day from hell. In case you didn’t … Continue reading →

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Queer Youth: It’s Getting Better. Whew.

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Kate Christie

So there’s a time in my life that I don’t like to think about, let alone talk or write about. But I recently wrote a YA novel about a pair of high school soccer players, and I discovered that inhabiting … Continue reading →

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It Makes a Difference

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Kate Christie

On Tumblr last week, a post about LGBT marriage popped up on my dashboard. User propharah had written, “Hearing women say ‘my wife’ and men say ‘my husband’ is therapeutic to be honest.” Coincidentally, I stumbled across this post only an hour or … Continue reading →

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BOGO Babies, Bogus Research, and BOGO Rulings

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Kate Christie

As some of you know, Kris and I jokingly refer to the twins as our BOGO babies. We actually weren’t the first to bestow this title. Many years ago, one of my very straight grad school friends asked us if … Continue reading →

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Same Love

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Kate Christie

My Prop 8/ DOMA post is still percolating around inside my head, but in the meantime, thought I would share this video, in case you haven’t seen it yet, from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and featuring Mary Lambert. Enjoy.

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