A decade after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, we asked people from across the country to share stories of what the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges has meant to them. NEW YORK CITY Michael Rucker Obergefell aroused our conflicting views on gay marriage. I harbored romantic fantasies. John remained adamantly opposed: Why mess … Continue reading
All I can do is continue to take those Lilliputian steps, as I did for so long after John died, hoping that, once more, they’ll get me to where I need to go. A few weeks ago, while holed up in my apartment like millions of other New Yorkers in this surreal period of self-isolation, … Continue reading
Meandering through grief, a man tries to replace his sofa. It doesn’t go well. John and I bought the sofa together when he moved into my apartment on 14th Street. I say “together” even though he probably paid for it, as he did with most of our major purchases back then. He made four times what … Continue reading
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