They lived as a gay couple in Mississippi for 20 years. The worst indignity came in death

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. How despicable.

Here's my small contribution.

Several years ago I was an an event where a man casually referred to his husband. Several hours later, at another event connected to the first one, a woman casually referred to her wife. I finally got it: If you're a man and you're married, you're a husband. If you're a woman and you're married you're a wife. Duh!

I was an airline employee starting in 1969. Many of the men I knew and worked with were gay. Many of them died from AIDS in those early years. I myself am a boring heterosexual, but I'm beyond glad that I knew those men and had a connection to the gay community. I only wish I knew more lesbians (where do you hide?) but I have (I'm glad to say) made friends with some gay men in my city.

The essential point is that we are all connected. I may be straight, you may be gay. We all have a lot to offer each other.

Alas, that is something the bigoted straight community does not understand.