Holidays Bring Extra Challenges for Gay and Lesbian CouplesAlterNet
Christmas is supposed to be a time where families and loved ones gather to share the season's greetings. But this year, like the other three years since this lesbian couple has been together, Beth and Liz will be miles apart on Christmas day.
They agreed to tell their story on condition that their names be changed to protect their privacy.
But their story is like so many other stories of lesbian and gay couples who struggle with the love for their partners vs. the duty to their families, and what to do when those two things clash, as they so often do at the holidays.
This is a Christmas story that seems as familiar and as old as the tale of Mary and Joseph unable to find a room at the inn. Even today, for so many gay and lesbian couples, there's no room at the inn when it comes to their love.
Beth hails from a plain Midwestern family where things like homosexuality are very awkward to talk about.
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