Word: lesbian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Then, three years ago, my daughter, now a senior in Eliot House, came out to me as a lesbian. Smack! That's when I really found out how ignorant I was. A lot of questions surfaced: How could this have happened? What did I do? What will the Church say? But the strongest feeling that came forward through all of this was that I knew I loved my daughter, and I wanted to continue to have unconditional love for her. And I thank God for that...
When my daughter told me she was a lesbian, the saddest part was that I was (and am) constantly worried that others will hurt her because of who she is. And I am extremely saddened by the thought that someone would not get to know and love my daughter just because she is a lesbian. Because, you see, my daughter is a beautiful person, inside...
...have three daughters, and I believe that all three of them have the same basic human rights to be who they want to be, and to love whom they want to love. Through my relationship with my lesbian daughter and through PFLAG, I realized that I could love other gay and lesbian people as well. I attended the SpeakOut (formerly the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Speakers Bureau of Boston) training to further educate myself, to stretch my own boundaries...
...Liebert wishes to focus on the "corrosive effects on the institution of marriage," well, I do not believe lesbianism is corrosive. If gay people choose to be married, I believe that should be their legal right. When he writes that "unions which do not produce virtuous citizens should not be accepted," is he implying that my husband and I should not be accepted? We produced our daughter, and she is a lesbian, but we do not believe that she is not a "virtuous citizen...
...everyone who is reading this to understand that it took me time and education to come to acceptance. I ask you to be open-minded. I invite you to educate yourself on gay and lesbian issues; seek out PFLAG or another organization...