Monthly Archives: February 2012

Thank you, dear readers (near and far)

Posted on February 21, 2012 by didaniel

Lina and I survived our big splash in the News & Observer, our regional paper. For me, the FDR adage “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” certainly rang true. How many lessons like this do I … Continue reading →

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Happy anniversary to my sweetheart

Posted on February 14, 2012 by didaniel

Nine years ago on this day I met a geeky guy named Wessel at the Delta baggage carousel at Logan Airport. I’d briefly chatted with his friend, Frans, on my flight from Tampa to Boston. Frans was visiting from his … Continue reading →

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Talk about feeling exposed…

Posted on February 12, 2012 by didaniel

As recently as six months ago, I never, ever would have considered sharing our story in the News & Observer, our regional newspaper. But you can find it here, in today’s paper, with photos, splashed across the front of the … Continue reading →

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Fictional ‘Jonas’ rings true to life

Posted on February 11, 2012 by didaniel

When my writing coach (the amazing Melissa Delbridge) said, “you HAVE to read “Jonas” by Belle Boggs, I thought she was telling me that because it contained prose that achieves everything she keeps reminding me to do: show don’t tell, … Continue reading →

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Snap Judgment features a ‘wife of’

Posted on February 11, 2012 by didaniel

A wife of a transgender woman was on Snap Judgment today talking about her discovery and their relationship. Scroll down to the segment called “Borrowed Dresses.” Kristen Collier and her spouse are still together, but as friends. Of course much … Continue reading →

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The limiting myths of manhood

Posted on February 11, 2012 by didaniel

I appreciated Charles Blow’s column in the New York Times today about masculinity and manhood in reaction to commentator Roland Martin‘s tweets about men in pink suits and more. It’s debatable whether Martin was being homophobic, as GLAAD has charged, … Continue reading →

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Mind your manners, or else

Posted on February 9, 2012 by didaniel

It’s not every day that your farmer introduces you to the country’s leading gay etiquette guru, but here in progressive North Carolina these things happen. On Sunday, Lina and I were at the lively 10th anniversary party of Lantern, the … Continue reading →

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In the future, we are equals

Posted on February 7, 2012 by didaniel

My favorite line in Frank Bruni’s column in the Times today about same-sex marriage is this: It is the future. That reality is what keeps me optimist. We’re still in a one-step-forward, two-steps-back pattern, but that will change. Frank points … Continue reading →

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A little bit about us in Duke Chronicle

Posted on February 2, 2012 by didaniel

Lina and I experienced our first local “outing,” so to speak, in the Duke Chronicle, Duke University’s daily student newspaper. Reporter Anna Koelsch emailed me the other day because she was writing about the Durham Arts Council’s Emerging Artists Grant … Continue reading →

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