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Category "Gender & Orientation"
Am I Gay?
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Coming out, LGBT
Whether we call it orientation, sexual preference (which assumes we have choice), or perversion (which assumes we have judgments), the topic of whom we love can cause great emotional turmoil. The following is a distillation of a common question. Dear … Read More
May 25, 2012
Category Gender & Orientation
Desire vs. Lifestyle
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Coming out, LGBT
Coming out is a process as individual as fingerprints. Though there are surely commonalities in the experience, the process of coming to terms with one’s atypical orientation is dependent upon myriad determinants: Have you always known? Were you aware but … Read More
May 24, 2012
Category Gender & Orientation
Same-Sex Marriage, Part II
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LGBT
May’s newsletter column dealt with Canada’s Supreme Court ruling that prohibiting same-sex marriages contravened our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Although I try to address different subjects each month, I believe this issue warrants further discussion. The new ruling has … Read More
May 22, 2012
Category Gender & Orientation, Social Commentary
Lesbian Fisting: Intensity and Intimacy
When a group of women friends get together over a meal, the conversation often turns to matters of sex. When those friends represent various numbers on the Kinsey scale (zero being entirely heterosexual and six referring to completely homosexual), those … Read More
November 24, 2011
Category Gender & Orientation
The Cost of Knowledge… and Hubris
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LGBT
This article is dedicated to the memory of David Reimer, aka Bruce (and later Brenda), aka John/Joan/John, an unwitting and unwilling hero/victim in a grand experiment that showed great promise but went terribly, terribly wrong. It began in 1966 when … Read More
November 24, 2011
Category Gender & Orientation, Social Commentary
Transsexual Teacher in Vancouver, BC, Canada
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LGBT
In mid-December a news story broke about an elementary school teacher who had been teaching successfully in the Vancouver, BC school system for a decade. The popular teacher had taken the Fall semester off on leave and is returning in … Read More
November 24, 2011
Category Gender & Orientation, Social Commentary
“I Cannot Breed in Captivity” ~ Gloria Steinem At the beginning of May, the British Columbia Supreme Court overturned a previous ruling by an appeals court regarding same sex marriage restrictions. The unanimous decision echoes those of the Supreme Courts … Read More →