The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, September 1st, 2004
EVERY long-term gay or lesbian couple has stories about being denied access to benefits or excluded from protections that are available to heterosexuals. Some are minor inconveniences, such as the inability to rent a car the way a married couple can, while others are major life situations, like being locked out of the hospital room where your partner is in medical jeopardy. We have long accepted these as the price of being gay.
Several years ago our daughter Annie asked my partner Julie if she and I were married. Knowing she couldn't lie, Julie tried to find a way to explain to a four-year-...
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