Comments on: 21st of 21

By: annz

annz — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:45:30 +0000

I have to second LD’s request that everyone go read eyejunkie’s post, and then go read this:

http://www.mombian.com/2009/06/02/this-is-how-change-is-made-a-story-from-blogging-for-lgbt-families-day/

What has happened here is pretty ordinary on the face of it – one person speaks (writes) their truth, and another person hears (reads) it. But it is actually extraordinary, and what true communication, change and progress is all about.

Thank you, Polly, for all you do, and thank you eyejunkie for responding with equal courage and heart.

By: Lesbian Dad

Lesbian Dad — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:34:52 +0000

O, eyejunkie, thankyouthankyouthankyou. No matter how powerful the love, nor how righteous and the just the cause, a minority group will always need the support of allies in the majority (so said my first sweetie, a Chicana, who was schooling my then-befuddled white self on how to be a real ally). For which, thank you, thank you. And you LD reader who's reading this right now, skedaddle over to her post and give it some long, careful, open-hearted thought.

By: eyejunkie

eyejunkie — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:27:36 +0000

LD, when I first heard the ruling come down, I could not get this poem (“Sympathy”) by Paul Laurence Dunbar out of my mind:

“I know what the caged bird feels, alas!
When the sun is bright in the upland slopes;
When the wind stirs soft through the springing grass
And the river flows like a stream of glass;
When the first bird sings and the first bud opes,
And the faint perfume from its chalice stealsâ€“
I know what the caged bird feels!

I know why the caged bird beats his wing
Till its blood is red on the cruel bars;
For he must fly back to his perch and cling
When he fain would be on the bough a-swing;
And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars
And they pulse again with a keener stingâ€“

I know why he beats his wing!
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,â€“
When he beats his bars and he would be free;
It is not a carol of joy or glee,
But a prayer that he sends from his heartâ€™s deep core,
But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flingsâ€“
I know why the caged bird sings!”

But, now I’m honored to witness the joy and perseverance of your family. “Sympathy” is something. And this: Sing!

I’m posting for “Blogging for LGBT Families” today on my own quest and welcome thoughts from you and your readers.
http://www.eyejunkie.com/blog/2009/06/the-one-where-i-come-outâ€¦-and-say-it/

By: Lesbian Dad

Lesbian Dad — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:47:45 +0000

You know it, sister! Heck of a climb to the mountaintop, but even before we get a glimpse of the view, the journey is showing us the best we can muster.

By: hatched by two chicks

hatched by two chicks — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:45:22 +0000

How psyched am I to be on the same side as the people in this picture? Things might be harder for us, but we’re having a mighty good time, no?

By: Lesbian Dad

Lesbian Dad — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:02:52 +0000

By: Mr Lady

Mr Lady — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:40:26 +0000

It is terrible, and tragic, and so so so wrong, but hot damn I love that picture of you two.

By: thirdsister

thirdsister — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:35:11 +0000

the photo. the words. i love it all.

thanks for helping us all feel more hopeful. and full of love.

By: Lesbian Dad

Lesbian Dad — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:32:00 +0000

999, 998, 997, 996…

By: lizk

lizk — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:29:23 +0000

Love, love, love this photo! So sweet, so joyous! This picture is indeed worth a thousand words…

…not to dissuade you from adding your own, of course