Christmas with The Dads

By Janis Ian

The Dads (surely you remember them from previous articles) are worried that their son, Jason, will grow up with no sense of tradition. It's difficult enough parenting as a gay couple, striking new ground with every step; the child needs some sense of continuity. Not wishing to inflict their own religious stereotypes on him and being more inclined to paganism (or priapism) than to regular churchgoing, they've decided to teach him the religions of the world. Christianity seems a good place to start, since many of Dad 1's forebears were Catholic priests. "Besides," they reason, "if we start early, he'll have more time to get over it later on."

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Elizabeth Katz, 18, of Boston, Massachusetts

By Jeff Walsh

When Elizabeth Katz was 14, she had an experience that forever changed her life. "I had an experience I don't think very many people have," she says, now 18 and a first-year student at Vassar College.

"It was some sort of voice in the back of my head," she says. "I was sitting on my bed, alone in my room and the little voice said: 'Hey, know what? You're gay.' And it was just boom, everything made sense.

Revenge is sweet for Janis Ian

By Jeff Walsh

Before I was born, Janis Ian was making beautiful music. And with her spare, acoustic recent album "Revenge," the tradition continues. Going into the interview, I was more familiar with her humorous and poignant columns in The Advocate. For some reason, although I had picked her CDs up in stores, I never bought them.

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I like to rebel through...

Clothing
3% (2 votes)
Sexuality
4% (3 votes)
Actions
9% (6 votes)
Words
24% (16 votes)
Sticks and Stones
0% (0 votes)
Beleifs
21% (14 votes)
All of the above
39% (26 votes)
Total votes: 67

Activism?

Oh yeah! I'm all gung-ho! Pleased as peach to be a fruit! End the homophobia and heterosexism!
30% (19 votes)
Ugh, I can't stand those heterosexist pigs!
33% (21 votes)
Homophobes are uhh... mean! Yeah, thats it!
22% (14 votes)
Don't hurt me! Ahh, scarey straight people!
8% (5 votes)
Wha? Homophobia? Heterosexism? :o
6% (4 votes)
Total votes: 63
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Return To Hell

Ever since i came out to my parents my life has changed a lot. They doubt me soo much that i find myself know doubting myself too. I know if i begin to doubt myself my life is gonna get a lot worse. For a while the only thing keeping me semi strong was my very firm understanding of myself. But now as i start to lose that i can almost see myself traveling back in time. I didn't eat for a couple of days and i cut again.

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living

Today is the first day in all i can remeber, where if a knife were in my hand i would not cut. It is a new feeling for me, i feel very alive for once, for the first time in ages i am living, not just alive and breathing, but real living. i love it. I mean i am not super happy i still have problems, but for some reason this night is different and calm in some sense. i like it, i like looking forward to the future instead of dreding it, i like living.

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Tim, wish you were born a girl

Finished running. Tonight

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Thoughtsinelectricblu

Earlier this evening I started moaning to myself about missing Rick. I was reminded of all the great stuff in our relationship that I miss, and I would have given anything at that moment to simply hear his voice again.

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it's no use!!!

Why is it that when I have the most free time, I get the least amount of work done?


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