http://www.queerty.com/mom-lesbian-reflect-on-coming-out-20070613/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.queerty.com/mom-lesbian-reflect-on-coming-out-20070613/#comment-13325 afiresign Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:35:35 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/news/mom-lesbian-reflect-on-coming-out-20070613/#comment-13325 its so sad that the mother's take on people 'flailing around' at the mention of her daughter being queer is that it's the daughter's fault and the mother's burden to bear in conversation and life. there's so many things to discuss about one and another's children- besides their partners, if you don't want to go there. jobs, travel plans, future ambitions, etc etc etc. if the mother does want to go there and bring up her daughter being gay in conversation, why isn't a normal reaction something along the lines of, "Ok, and how is she doing? does she have a partner? does she plan on raising children in the future?" ya know, those normal, hetero questions. its so sad that the mother’s take on people ‘flailing around’ at the mention of her daughter being queer is that it’s the daughter’s fault and the mother’s burden to bear in conversation and life. there’s so many things to discuss about one and another’s children- besides their partners, if you don’t want to go there. jobs, travel plans, future ambitions, etc etc etc. if the mother does want to go there and bring up her daughter being gay in conversation, why isn’t a normal reaction something along the lines of, “Ok, and how is she doing? does she have a partner? does she plan on raising children in the future?” ya know, those normal, hetero questions.

]]> http://www.queerty.com/mom-lesbian-reflect-on-coming-out-20070613/#comment-13311 Paul Raposo Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:28:06 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/news/mom-lesbian-reflect-on-coming-out-20070613/#comment-13311 Maybe if mum stopped living vicariously though her children and got on with her own life, she wouldn't be so down about her daughter being a lesbian and could find other things to talk about besides her kid's sex lives. Maybe if mum stopped living vicariously though her children and got on with her own life, she wouldn’t be so down about her daughter being a lesbian and could find other things to talk about besides her kid’s sex lives.

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