Slog - Comments on Congratulations, Dearly Beloved Dykes! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes My big sister Robin? Well, she’s a helluva woman, isn’t she? Of course she is. She was recently declared Woman of the Year at the Oregon State University, Corvallis, in fact, where she heads the Student Organizations and Events department, and she lives with her partner, Carol, in a small house on their big land on a river deep in the misty Oregon rain forest. They have been together since 1996-ish. They were “married” in a mass gay wedding in Washington, DC in 2000. That was all in protest: an outlaw wedding. It was kind of a big deal. Totally... Copyright 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:59:51 -0800 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:40:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mrs. Y Baby steps...one day my domestic partnership and your sister Robin's will be full fledged legal rights. I hope it is sooner than later. Congratulations!

]]> Mrs. Y http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1117986 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1117986 Homo Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:47:48 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Congratulations to your sister!

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1117996 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1117996 Homo Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:09:59 -0800 Comment by Postum The University of Oregon is in Eugene, OSU is in Covallis

/nitpick

]]> Postum http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1118004 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1118004 Homo Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:45:32 -0800 Comment by six shooter Congratulations to your sister.

Don't feel bad. You're not losing a sister, you're gaining one.

]]> six shooter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1118058 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1118058 Homo Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:16:42 -0800 Comment by jim Just love these stories - every single one - all those times I marched over the years - this makes it very worth the effort.

Congrats to the happy dykes, how a bout a kissy proud and happy pix?

]]> jim http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1118076 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1118076 Homo Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:55:07 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO You're queer, too, right? Were your parents totally horrified to have not one, but two queer kids? Do you have any regular (it's a joke, people) siblings?

Do a lot of queers share the curse with other siblings?

Also, I love the term dyke.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1118107 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1118107 Homo Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:24:30 -0800 Comment by Fags Galore Asking if Adrian is Queer is the best line of the day ..

Course, there are thousand of Flaming Mary types in Seattle .. really a gay friendly city

Dan and Adrian are hardly unique ..

]]> Fags Galore http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1118113 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1118113 Homo Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:37:49 -0800 Comment by Papayas Congratulations Robin and Wife!!!! I know people who have two queer kids in the family.

]]> Papayas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1118563 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/congratulations_beloved_dykes#c1118563 Homo Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:40:59 -0800