The “H” Word
I was in the fifth grade when I first heard the word ‘homosexual.’ One day at school I was sitting around with a group of my friends at the lunch…
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Learning the Language
*First post in a series on language, so please be patient and know there’s much more to be said about LGBTQ language. We’ll take the conversation one step at a…
Fridays With Fathers
Continuing with our guest series from fathers of LGBTQ daughters and sons on Fridays, here’s a post from my friend, Paul Mathis. Sometimes, I say the dumbest things. (According to…
What Will You Tell Them?
It was 1971 and I was ten years old the first time I ever heard a derogatory term used for someone who was homosexual. I didn’t even know what the…
The Things We Learn at Eight
The first time I ever heard anybody say anything about homosexuality I was probably seven or eight years old. It was the most beautiful wedding I’d ever seen. Granted, at…
