by Barb Rowlandson So, you've figured out you're not as straight as you previously thought you were. Congrats! Though it might seem a little bit scary, you’re about to embark on a remarkable journey. The ranks of late-in-life lesbians are ever-increasing. Though you...
I came out as a lesbian in 2016, after ten years of struggling with my sexual identity. I was married for a quarter of a century, mom of four kids, ordained minister, and firmly established in my career as a hospital chaplain. During that time did I think of my...
There is the assumption that is made by society as a whole that all of us are straight unless proven otherwise. There are even words for this including “heteronormativity” or more strongly “compulsory heterosexuality.” Heteronormativity is based on the...
Like many queer people, my partner, Tonda, and I sat down to watch the lesbian romantic comedy, Happiest Season, on Hulu. Tonda has been out for thirty-five years and I am out for five; we are both in our mid-fifties. We found the movie problematic for so...
I moved a couple of years ago after I came out. A confluence of reasons and events brought me to this decision. I still return to the town I lived as a straight married woman from time to time. I have been out for several years now and my hearing has changed....
My name is Anne-Marie. I am in my fifties and like all of us I have many roles in this life. I am a mother, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, friend, ex-wife, partner, minister, chaplain, colleague and yogi. I am also a newly out lesbian and proud...