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Going through a #divorce is just hard. I’m so focused on how I’ll manage housing, healthcare, basic needs … I don’t have time to process my feelings. Breaking things down via blog posts helps. Poking gentle fun at myself helps. So I’m assuming the persona of a #gaydivorcée to get me through. Over the weekend, […]
Last week I wrote about my housing situation – it is quite grim. Let me summarize – I won’t be able to afford private housing, not even a room to let. I won’t be eligible for ‘programs’ that makes up the public safety net. No one has offered me a spare bedroom or even a […]
I’ve always been slightly haunted by a 1952 novel Excellent Women. The main character is a modest, unassuming woman in post-WWII London. She’s an excellent woman, always on hand to help with all the church stuff. She has a modest little life, unrequited love, and all these expectations heaped on her as the nation recovers […]
Something I’ve missed quite a bit from married/partnered life are the special ways we acknowledged holidays, big and small. These are small rituals that carved out a space that was just for us in the midst of family chaos, community chaos, and general chaos. One tradition was having sushi on holiday ‘eves’ – Thanksgiving, Christmas, […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sue Kerr (@pghlesbian) This past week, I created a little reel about going back to school shopping in Pittsburgh. It sort of went south as a bunch of sad memories spewed from my mouth. So I tried again and this time the memory is lovely. It […]
Content Note: involuntary civil commitment, police, trauma, mental health system, domestic violence “Books are often far more than just books.”― Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist: Essays When the police came to handcuff me and drag me from my home on August 27, 2023 – to execute what I still believe was an invalid civil warrant for involuntary commitment […]
LGBTQ Families Day aims to raise awareness of the diversity, joys, and challenges of all LGBTQ families—found, formed, and chosen—and to show their strength, elevate their collective stories, and reaffirm allies’ support. The event is held on the first weekday of June, between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, in order to honor all parents but […]
Today is a date that would have made John groan, curl up in a blanket on the couch, and turn on the Broadway Musical streaming channel – his 60th birthday. I wish he was here so I could tease him about it. But he is not. Typically, the dates of his birth and death make […]
“We do want to address directly the issues you raised and encourage you to raise awareness of these risks via your well-established advocacy avenues.” Prepare for a long blog post. I’m concerned that a resource used in Family Court does not provide effective privacy for litigants, especially around HIPPA, gender identity, and immigration. For the […]
It has been a week. There’s always this one week in theater seasons when multiple shows open and other types of shows also happen and it is just soooo much. This past October, I caught pink eye so that took me out of contention. This past week was the spring version – three plays, one […]
