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Welcome and thanks for sharing! What a wonderful post!
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Welcome! Thanks for bringing more diversity to this community!
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Welcome and thanks for sharing!!! Always excited for diversity in the hb comm.
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@lilyofthewest: great idea to start this thread. You have another ally here
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Welcome! So glad to have you here! You have a staunch ally over here and I'm thrilled to see more diversity come to HB!
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I'm a big homo over here. I'll agree with the previous suggestions of using more inclusive language being one thing to improve HB LGBT relations. What that doesn't mean to me though is changing what you call your own special person. If you're a straight (or queer) woman married to a man you don't need to call your Darling Husband your partner to make me feel better, it doesn't. (Sometimes it can have the opposite effect) You can however when asking a question to a group consider that other people may have partners of other genders and use inclusive language when applicable.
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Thanks for starting this thread! I consider myself a straight ally and am always happy to see diversity of all types on this HB.
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Welcome, glad you're here. Hope you can feel the love.
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I love this thread!
I grew up in a very socially liberal town, with lots of friends coming out as early as middle school, so it always just boggles my mind that there's so much hatred out there--it just makes zero sense to me.
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@nana87: that's pretty impressive and sounds like a wonderful place to grow up. I have several LGBTQ (did I get that right?) friends from high school who moved out of state before coming out. They all seem to have wonderful happy lives now (in places like D.C. , Vermont, and California) but I feel sad that they couldn't be themselves at a younger age, or at "home"
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welcome!
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@Fronkinzankinsbride: thanks for that! I was struggling with using something other than "husband" to describe the man I married.
I think Ellen Degeneres said it best,, from a letter she posted on her blog:
"We're just trying to find happiness in the bodies and minds we were given, like everyone else."
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My aunt is gay and I fully intend to pressure my son ino giving me grandchildren someday gay or not so I amVERY happy to see this group represented on the bee. I love that families have changed in so many incredible ways compared the narrow view we had when I was growing up. Welcome and thanks for adding to the community.
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Great thread! I have a lot of gay men in my family and friend group. Nice to see some representation of non-hetero relationships! One of my oldest gay friends just married the man of his dreams! If I notice they talk about bebe's I'll see if he'll join.
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Welcome! I don't have any friends or family members who are in the gay community but, after hanging out with gay friends of friends when I lived in DC, I had my eyes opened to a whole different world. I was pretty naive and sheltered before I went away to college. My first experience with a gay person wasn't until college.
I never used "DH" just because I thought the name behind it was stupid. I do talk about my husband (as, when we got married, we pledged to call each other husband and wife) but that is us. I try, when asking questions of others, to use significant other. I wish the term DH would die a quick death.
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this thread!!! Welcome!! I hope that HB can continue to grow and be more inclusive and that everyone feels welcome here!!
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@nana87: same here. Glad to see more diversity represented here on HB.
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Woohoo! I'm an ally and an advocate, and thrilled to see this post! I can't stand DH/DS/DD - it seems so cheesy and, honestly, disingenuous. I refer to my spouse as "hubs" because, well, I call him that for real. And my son is just D, cuz it's his initial! Would love to see more inclusive language on the boards!
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@lilyofthewest: thank you for starting this thread!
I consider myself an ally! And I try to be mindful of using SO instead of DH in thread titles. ... at least I used to. Not sure about my most recent threads, but I will stop using DH when asking questions to be more inclusive. Thanks for pointing that out!
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@mediagirl: yay! Another shout out for my hometown!
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Welcome
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I'll chat on your wall.
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Another ally and advocate here! I'm looking forward to seeing you post more!
My best friend in college was a drag queen and ohmygosh he was a better looking girl than me. We are still close friends. I'm still jealous of his looks. Some of my favorite memories are of us and his friends, who became mine too.
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Welcome!!
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