Holidays Bring Extra Challenges for Gay and Lesbian Couples
AlterNet
Christmas is supposed
to be a time where families and loved ones gather to share the season's
greetings. But this year, like the other three years since this lesbian
couple has been together, Beth and Liz will be miles apart on Christmas
day.
They agreed to tell their story on condition that their names be changed to protect their privacy.
But
their story is like so many other stories of lesbian and gay couples
who struggle with the love for their partners vs. the duty to their
families, and what to do when those two things clash, as they so often
do at the holidays.
This is
a Christmas story that seems as familiar and as old as the tale of Mary
and Joseph unable to find a room at the inn. Even today, for so many
gay and lesbian couples, there's no room at the inn when it comes to
their love.
Beth hails from a plain Midwestern family where things like homosexuality are very awkward to talk about.
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