Like most kids in fifth-grade, I started to discover my identity apart from my mother—by shaving my legs and becoming a die-hard fan of The X-Files. The show had already been on the air for a few years, so to catch up with what I’d missed, I asked my mom to buy a case of […]
Tag Archives: LGBT
August
30
Before and After: A Life Shaped by Abuse
posted by Apryl Pooley
I started therapy in 2012 for…well, for a lot of things. For those of you new to the blog (welcome!), please feel free to peruse the site for the backstory. The major turning point in my ability, or rather lack of ability, to function was my rape as a 17-year-old. In order to determine the […]
March
22
To Love
posted by Apryl Pooley
*This blog is a re-post for the one-year anniversary of the (still) one and only day Michigan allowed same-sex couples to get married. The poem that follows is new. JUDGE BERNARD FRIEDMAN STRUCK down Michigan’s gay marriage ban, making it legal for county clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Friday, […]
March
29
Legal Limbo
posted by Apryl Pooley
Mood: hard-boiled JUDGE BERNARD FRIEDMAN STRUCK down Michigan’s gay marriage ban, making it legal for county clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Friday, March 21st, 2014. As expected, the state’s attorney general immediately issued a request to suspend Judge Friedman’s ruling until federal appeals proceedings conclude. However, there was a 24-hour window between […]
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