Hi Folks!
A friend told me about this board and even though I haven't done the "message board thing" in forever, I thought I would take a look. Imagine my glee at the first subject that I came across. I already love you fine people!! Deanna, I too, am a lesbian and have been with my partner for 8 1/2 years. We also want children... making us... potential breeders? LOL
Nevertheless, my partner and I screamed with delight upon viewing the infamous kiss on the Tonys. Hurrah!!
I am a little less optimistic about seeing legalized marriage for same-sex couples in my lifetime, but there is ALWAYS hope. We've never had a ceremony partly due to money (no parental assistance for these two brides), and I guess partly due to expecting that people won't take our wedding and marriage seriously like a heterosexual marriage. I, too, was raised Catholic, but have not defined myself with ANY organized religion in my adult years as I am disgusted with it all. I still have a spiritual faith, but it is my own, and not governed by anyone's stifled rules.
And BroadwayGuy, unfortunately gay is not the only new black. Being a female has been pretty dark for me, too. I am desperately (along with my wonderful partner) trying to climb out of the hole we have been buried alive in, and trying to find self-worth AND love. It's a bitch to find, but we ALL deserve it.
Hang in there Brothers and Sisters!!
"Life without music equals death."