Like someone said, some of us have known each other for ten years, and I am one of those people.
In general, I think new members should be expected to show respect for the culture of our community, but
Many of you have posted as though you have completely forgotten what it's like to be in a new kind of relationship.
Believe me, I remember, and it was more than 25 years ago.
I remember thinking that everyone could tell that I was with a woman, which is how I thought of my relationship at that time.
I grew up in a political progressive family in a diverse neighborhood in a cosmopolitan city, and
I knew that my life was going to be different than my sister's and my cousins' lives, and that it might not be easy.
I read everything I could get my hands on, and I tried to make friends with every lesbian I met, and guess what?
Some of them were just as rigid and uncompromising as some of you.
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