LGBT Kos: I Outed my Gay Son

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Wednesday June 22, 2011 · 5:00 PM PDT

2011/06/22 · 17:00

Well, sorta…

I moved to Mexico a dozen years ago and immediately placed an online ad seeking a bilingual roommate. I knew little about local Mexican culture, equally little about the city of Guadalajara and my Spanish was rudimentary at best. The ad said “gay” because the country is very religious and I didn’t want my identity to seem like a secret…or become a surprise.

Javier, 22, answered the ad and we met and talked. He was so innocent and so nervous, I liked him immediately. The day after our meeting, he expressed his desire that we be friends as well as roommates. I helped him move from his aunt’s home and we quickly became fast friends.

My first questions of him were about the gay lifestyle of Guadalajara and his friends. Which were his favorite bars? Was he dating? Did he have a boyfriend? No, actually, I was the only person who knew he was gay. He’d never been to a gay bar, never had a date, never talked with anyone about being gay. Nada. I was stunned!

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Thursday December 02, 2010 · 4:54 PM PST

2010/12/02 · 16:54

Call the diary police. I'm about to commit a less-than-3-substantive-paragraphs diary infraction.

But I can't find anywhere else to post this and a deadline looms for a worthy cause...

john07801

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Friday March 12, 2010 · 11:57 AM PST

2010/03/12 · 11:57

Anyone who thought Republicans were going to go quietly in the face of reconciliation really hasn’t been paying attention to the national political debate. And that’s none of us, right? But now there’s a new angle brought forward by "newly-bi-partisan" Senator Lindsay "Huckleberry" Graham working with Senator Charles Shumer.

Senators give Obama a Bipartisan Plan on Immigration

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Sunday August 02, 2009 · 11:09 PM PDT

2009/08/02 · 23:09

Little did I think this would be a diary but it’s just so ludicrous, so far beyond comprehension, I just have to post it.

john07801

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Sunday June 14, 2009 · 7:22 AM PDT

2009/06/14 · 07:22

This article caught my eye this morning and reminded me of what was semi-headline news only a decade ago. Although I don't think former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is a real threat, I know the shallow-in-thought Republican voter is easy to trick and loves the negativism and personal attacks which come so easily to Newt. Marc Cooper has a quick synopsis in today's Los Angeles Times. You may have chosen to forget or may be new to the Progressive movement, but a little refresher wouldn't hurt.

john07801

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 9:01 AM PDT

2008/10/30 · 09:01

First, GOTV! Let's not confuse our celebration with complacency. That being said...

john07801

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 7:52 PM PDT

2008/10/18 · 19:52

I was in San Francisco today, guiding a friend’s two young, teen-age sons on a mini-tour. After the Red Bull Soapbox Race at Dolores Park, Tom, the younger, wanted to go to Chinatown. We took BART to Montgomery Street and started in the general direction of Grant Avenue. After a block or two, I decided to double-check my bearings and asked a matronly lady next to me if we were going in the right direction.

john07801

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Friday June 13, 2008 · 1:30 PM PDT

2008/06/13 · 13:30

This is the perfect out for a short diary. I just received the enclosed link to a YouTube video created by Planned Parenthood. They requested that I forward it to 5 friends. I thought, why not 165,000?

Update: Don't miss math4barack's NARAL video below!

john07801

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Wednesday April 30, 2008 · 1:35 PM PDT

2008/04/30 · 13:35

There’s this couple in the neighborhood. They’re very nice and everyone likes them. Their house is well-maintained and their yard is very neat. They are both professionals and are reserved and quiet. Their children are respectful and well-behaved.

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Friday June 01, 2007 · 1:54 PM PDT

2007/06/01 · 13:54

According to CNN, Tim Griffin, Karl Rove’s former aide and personal pick to be U.S. Attorney in Arkansas, has resigned. It was Griffin’s appointment to the position, replacing Bud Cummins, that created the firestorm over the White House’s replacement of 9 U.S. Attorneys, allegedly for political reasons.

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Monday April 30, 2007 · 4:11 PM PDT

2007/04/30 · 16:11

This critically important threat to privacy has been previously diaried here and here.

The Department of Homeland Security and the California Department of Motor Vehicles are having a Town Hall Meeting to seek public feedback at UC Davis tomorrow, May 1 (10 a.m. - 2 p.m. PDT) -- and it's being webcast! The site says you can submit email questions starting 90 minutes before the webcast; this is a great chance to ask the hard questions -- and hear what they have to say.

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Friday April 27, 2007 · 2:17 PM PDT

2007/04/27 · 14:17

More states are joining the Real ID revolt. This past week, Montana and North Dakota joined Washington, Arkansas, Idaho and Maine in rejecting Bush’s federal government in pursuing and requiring a national ID card masquerading as a standardized driver’s license. Twenty other states are also considering a similar response.

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