Comments on: Coming Out All Over Again http://aworldofprogress.com/coming-out-all-over-again/ an online magazine for the Progressive Human Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:37:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Velvet Blade http://aworldofprogress.com/coming-out-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1884 Velvet Blade Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:41:34 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5546#comment-1884 Hi TW! Good to see you here! I am glad that made it to AWOP! It's a great site with full of great talent! Thanks so much for the wonderful and kind words. I think you are pretty fantastic yourself. ;) As a funny side note to this article: It seems I am now hitting waves 5 and 6 of this People Coming Out Of The Woodwork Lesson Plan. Now it's people from Grammar, Jr. High and High School in wave 5. Wave 6 will test if I will practice what I preach... which I will... My parents are now 80 years old. For over 30 years they went to the same church. Wave 6 consists either of others who still go to that church or children of friends of my folks... Sigh... Hi TW! Good to see you here! I am glad that made it to AWOP! It’s a great site with full of great talent!

Thanks so much for the wonderful and kind words. I think you are pretty fantastic yourself. ;)

As a funny side note to this article: It seems I am now hitting waves 5 and 6 of this People Coming Out Of The Woodwork Lesson Plan. Now it’s people from Grammar, Jr. High and High School in wave 5. Wave 6 will test if I will practice what I preach… which I will…

My parents are now 80 years old. For over 30 years they went to the same church. Wave 6 consists either of others who still go to that church or children of friends of my folks… Sigh…

]]> By: Traveled Woman http://aworldofprogress.com/coming-out-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1865 Traveled Woman Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:51:46 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5546#comment-1865 Hey VB! As you know, I've been following your writing for some time now, and I'm always amazed and delighted by the way you are able to take slices of your life and elevate them to thought-provoking pieces that are political, hilarious, fascinating and deeply relevant to all of us. That is your gift, I think, and the gift of all the best artists and writers... to see something deeper and revelatory in events that others might consider banal (or miss entirely). I'm thrilled for you and for all of us who loyally follow your writing that you will be gracing yet another site with your intelligence, wit and insight! A good call by AWOP to have you here. Looking forward to your next contributions, VB! You're fantastic! Hey VB! As you know, I’ve been following your writing for some time now, and I’m always amazed and delighted by the way you are able to take slices of your life and elevate them to thought-provoking pieces that are political, hilarious, fascinating and deeply relevant to all of us. That is your gift, I think, and the gift of all the best artists and writers… to see something deeper and revelatory in events that others might consider banal (or miss entirely).

I’m thrilled for you and for all of us who loyally follow your writing that you will be gracing yet another site with your intelligence, wit and insight! A good call by AWOP to have you here. Looking forward to your next contributions, VB! You’re fantastic!

]]> By: newswriter http://aworldofprogress.com/coming-out-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1854 newswriter Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:02:11 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5546#comment-1854 truly. i get a big kick outta it when people think i'm a man .. mainly cause with my chest i don't see how ... but they do. i just wait until they realize their mistake and then see how they handle it. always amusing. thre was this one time i took my computer for repairs up into extreme red section and the clerk kept calling me sir. nver got it, not even when i came back to pick it up. so just before i left, i thanked her for her help and asked if she'd ever seen a lesbian before. truly. i get a big kick outta it when people think i’m a man .. mainly cause with my chest i don’t see how … but they do. i just wait until they realize their mistake and then see how they handle it. always amusing.

thre was this one time i took my computer for repairs up into extreme red section and the clerk kept calling me sir. nver got it, not even when i came back to pick it up. so just before i left, i thanked her for her help and asked if she’d ever seen a lesbian before.

]]> By: Velvet Blade http://aworldofprogress.com/coming-out-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1852 Velvet Blade Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:48:36 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5546#comment-1852 Hey NW! I get mistaken for straight a lot. In fact, I used to get pestered at lesbian bars with women assuming I was straight. An ironic little tidbit, since I worked in the lesbian bar down the road for years... I find because of that, I continually need to say, "No, it's not a 'he', 'him', 'his'...". It's amazing how much we assume about others. Hey NW!

I get mistaken for straight a lot. In fact, I used to get pestered at lesbian bars with women assuming I was straight. An ironic little tidbit, since I worked in the lesbian bar down the road for years…

I find because of that, I continually need to say, “No, it’s not a ‘he’, ‘him’, ‘his’…”. It’s amazing how much we assume about others.

]]> By: Velvet Blade http://aworldofprogress.com/coming-out-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1851 Velvet Blade Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:45:46 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5546#comment-1851 Exactly how I feel about My Space. ;) Exactly how I feel about My Space. ;)

]]> By: Velvet Blade http://aworldofprogress.com/coming-out-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1850 Velvet Blade Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:44:32 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5546#comment-1850 Lucia - For me I think it was the lack of chest hair and the swirly hair cut that stayed put from the salt water. What I could never figure out is what a bunch of surfers were doing in Colorado? The closest water was Horse Tooth Reservoir and no beach in site. Then again, they were from elsewhere, just like I was... Hmmm... Come to think about it, I am pretty sure I dated the only surfers in Colorado... Lucia – For me I think it was the lack of chest hair and the swirly hair cut that stayed put from the salt water. What I could never figure out is what a bunch of surfers were doing in Colorado? The closest water was Horse Tooth Reservoir and no beach in site. Then again, they were from elsewhere, just like I was… Hmmm… Come to think about it, I am pretty sure I dated the only surfers in Colorado…

]]> By: Velvet Blade http://aworldofprogress.com/coming-out-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1849 Velvet Blade Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:42:18 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5546#comment-1849 Greetings Kim! Thank you very much & I am very excited to be here. ;) Greetings Kim!

Thank you very much & I am very excited to be here. ;)

]]> By: News Writer http://aworldofprogress.com/coming-out-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1847 News Writer Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:23:54 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5546#comment-1847 Yknow, I can't recall the last time I was in a position to need to tell someone I'm a lesbian. There is no chance in hell that anyone from my pre-lesbian past will ever find me on FB, so there'll be none of the stuff you describe anyway. In person, well, I think it's pretty obvious, but I don't do anything special to point it out. Either you get it or you don't. But that's what you said -- go out into this great big wonderful world and be who you are. That's what I'm talkin about. And welcome to AWOP, VB. It's a fun ride. Yknow, I can’t recall the last time I was in a position to need to tell someone I’m a lesbian. There is no chance in hell that anyone from my pre-lesbian past will ever find me on FB, so there’ll be none of the stuff you describe anyway. In person, well, I think it’s pretty obvious, but I don’t do anything special to point it out. Either you get it or you don’t.

But that’s what you said — go out into this great big wonderful world and be who you are. That’s what I’m talkin about.

And welcome to AWOP, VB. It’s a fun ride.

]]> By: Melly http://aworldofprogress.com/coming-out-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1845 Melly Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:04:48 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5546#comment-1845 Thank you....a revealing and thoughtfelt essay. Excellent! I ignore lots of FB requests...just cause I don't like em, never did. :) Thank you….a revealing and thoughtfelt essay. Excellent!

I ignore lots of FB requests…just cause I don’t like em, never did. :)

]]> By: Lucia Olson http://aworldofprogress.com/coming-out-all-over-again/comment-page-1/#comment-1844 Lucia Olson Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:57:20 +0000 http://aworldofprogress.com/?p=5546#comment-1844 What a great piece! I have a weakness for surfers, too! What is that? ;) Lucia What a great piece! I have a weakness for surfers, too! What is that? ;)

Lucia

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