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posted by [personal profile] rivers_bend at 09:27am on 15/02/2011 under ,
A belated Happy Valentine's Day to you all.

The world is conspiring this week to remind me how lucky I am to have been raised by the parents I have. Today, it was this:

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posted by [identity profile] mistresscurvy.livejournal.com at 07:11pm on 15/02/2011
OMG, the end of that video KILLED me, when the person filming was all GREAT JOB, MOM!

I've been thinking a lot recently about how lucky I am to have the extended family I have - M's coming to my cousin's wedding at the end of March, and there will be no issues - like, everyone will know, and everyone is totally fine with it. That's pretty amazing. And obviously my parents and brothers are just the starting point with that; I doubt I would care as much about my aunts and uncles and cousins accepting me if my immediate family didn't, but it is so not an issue. I am so thankful for them.
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 01:36pm on 16/02/2011
That part at the end totally made me giggle :D

yes! I just... It's been so long that sometimes I take it for granted that my parents not only support me, but have spent hundreds and hundreds of hours actively working so that others feel supported and in the hopes that someday the laws of this country will support me, too. I am also lucky that even my politically conservative relatives are liberal on this issue and B was always welcomed with open arms at family events.

And honestly, I like feeling like that. It is as it should be. There is no reason that the reproductive organs of the person I am with should make a particle of difference. But for so many people it does. So it's good to be reminded sometimes to thank the people who go above and beyond for me.

I am so glad you have that support too!
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posted by [identity profile] jackien1968.livejournal.com at 04:04am on 16/02/2011
Thanks for sharing that awesome video.

Hugs,
Jackie
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 01:38pm on 16/02/2011
You are most welcome! :D
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posted by [personal profile] onthehill at 09:50am on 16/02/2011
Awww. I want to give her a big hug :)
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 01:40pm on 16/02/2011
She is clearly a good woman :D

I bet her son gave her a huge hug as soon as the camera was off. \o/
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posted by [identity profile] saltnburnbaby.livejournal.com at 02:36pm on 16/02/2011
That was awesome!
I love it when people speak out like this! I saw the video she talking about, too. And oh my god, it was really really moving. Like this one.
Thank you for sharing!
*hugs*
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 04:58pm on 16/02/2011
I love that she was inspired by a boy speaking out for himself and his parents to speak out for herself and her son.

You are most welcome, honey! ♥
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posted by [identity profile] isabellvonb.livejournal.com at 11:06pm on 04/03/2011
Awww, that is such a nice lady. I love that she just goes and talks to the camera for all the world to see and hear her message. I love that she changed her mind about her gay son after the first shock. I don't mean to be ageist in any way, but I think that for her generation it is twice as admirable to be open minded like she is, they were brought up very differently back then.

And that video about the guy with the two moms? Is there anyone who HASN'T seen it? Well, it IS awesome. :)

Why can't everyone just see that love is beautiful, regardless of one's orientation?
More so, because it's not a CHOICE. The overuse of the word "lifestyle" just makes it seem that way IMO. Gothic is a lifestyle, gay is just a facet of nature's diversity.
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 11:13pm on 04/03/2011
I think in some ways it is easier for older people to accept things, because they've seen it all, and had a chance to realize that there's a whole lot that feels important when you're young that just isn't. I was lucky enough to have grandparents like that. But far too often one finds that the older you get the more set in your ways you get, and it can be hard to break through decades of conditioning. She definitely had to struggle through how she'd been brought up, whereas a lot of moms in their 30s now have always felt fine about queer people.

UGH "lifestyle" just makes me feel crazy. My lifestyle is that I don't have a lot of money so I live in a studio apartment in an old building. Being gay is just my LIFE. [/preaching to the choir]
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