Married Women Who Love Women

Happy Spring everybody! The next Gather will take place on Sunday, May 23rd from 5pm to 7pm at the famous LGBT Community Center in Manhattan. Since we have been talking about coming out, I thought it would be useful to have a Gather(ing) on married women who have come out or are currently in the process.

A great resource that I am using for this Gather is
Carren Strock's book Married Women Who Love Women. Carren will be joining us on the panel for this Gather.

See also Joanne Fleisher's book "Living Two Lives"...check out her website for more details.

*Oh, and more details to come on this Gather!

Next Gather: Coming Out in Religious Communities

While the last Gather focused on coming out, we didn't get to discuss an important facet of this phenomena: coming out as a lesbian within religious communities and/or religious families.

Join us Sunday, February 21^th from 6:15pm - 8pm at the LGBT Community Center (Room 410, 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY).

*No photos will be taken at this Gather

Gather - Coming Out Pix

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Next Gather: Coming Out

Yay! The next Gather will take place on Sunday, December 6th at 5:15pm. Where? you may ask...the LGBT Community Center in Room 312.

Stairway access to this room only...sorry, but will have wine and treats there to reward your effort. Let's share our stories, reminisce about stories past, and talk about if the process of coming out is ever complete.

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Take My Breath Away

So Kelly McGillis came out of the closet a few weeks ago. Once it was official, I sent the news via email to my dad, a big Republican and long-time fan of Top Gun (and yes, I realize that God must have a reason for delivering lesbian daughters to Republican fathers).

McGillis said she was aware of her sexuality since age 12, and that identifying her sexual orientation had been a hard process.

Furthermore, she thought God was punishing her for being gay (Kelly, is your dad part of the GOP too?). Two marriages and two teenage daughters later, Kelly felt that it was safe to come out, saying: "Life is a freakin' journey, and it’s about growing and changing and coming to terms with you and what you are.” Well said...