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VIDEO: Coming out Live

by J. Seth (I go by Seth) Anderson on February 26, 2012 in Family, GLBT with No comments
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This is the first time I remember seeing a video like this, of someone coming out to a mother who doesn’t know she is being filmed. I came out years ago and it wasn’t filmed but that experience is still fresh in my mind. My parents reacted a similar way this mother does in the video. I can’t imagine a parent reacting any other way than with love, support, and happiness. Anything less is unacceptable.

I thought this was a heartwarming video, but others did not. There are some ugly and hateful comments left by complete strangers, bullies who stand in the way of love and progress and peace. But love always prevails despite the tortures it must sometimes endure. Love conquers all, always has and always will. Continue reading →

Marriage is About Commitment, not Just Equal Rights

by J. Seth (I go by Seth) Anderson on November 25, 2011 in Family, GLBT with No comments
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This story about how we should approach marriage equality in terms of commitment rather than equal rights ran in The Advocate a few weeks ago. I found it on a website called The Third Way, a think tank that advances moderate political ideas like strong private sector growth, clean energy, and making progress on divisive social issues.

I had never thought about framing my arguments supporting marriage equality in terms of commitment. When my straight friends get married they don’t say it’s for the purpose of filing taxes jointly or having hospital visitation rights or pensions, they say it’s about love and commitment. Because it is. Continue reading →

Southern Belle Tour From Hell!

by J. Seth (I go by Seth) Anderson on October 13, 2011 in Family, Travel with 9 Comments

For months I had been looking forward to my cross country road trip with my little sister that I dubbed “The Southern Belle Tour” starring me as the southern belle. I imagined driving through the south, drinking mint juleps in adorable towns, perhaps meeting a handsome southern man with whom I’d have a fairytale romance, and say things like, “I declare!”

It was not to be. Like most of my dreams that don’t come true, the Southern Belle Tour was nothing like I imagined, it was a complete disaster from day one. Continue reading →

The Rainbow Connection

by J. Seth (I go by Seth) Anderson on August 2, 2011 in Family, GLBT, History with No comments
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In 1981 my mother was a newlywed and expecting her first child (me) so as a ward Homemaking activity, my mom along with some other women from the ward “done a quilt” (as my Utah grandmother would say).

Young newlyweds are often poor and my parents were no exception. When my mom went to the fabric store she bought the cheapest fabric she could for the quilt: a few yards of bright yellow, orange, red, blue and green. She liked the bright colors and sewed strips of fabric into a rainbow quilt. Continue reading →

My Dad’s New Knees

by J. Seth (I go by Seth) Anderson on January 26, 2011 in Family with No comments

My dad recently had total knee replacement surgery- on both his knees. (Well, actually one knee has been replaced, the other soon will be.) He had grown accustomed to what experts refer to as “walking” and could no longer perform this task.

No, he was not clubbed in the knee by the mob or someone hired by Tanya Harding. Continue reading →

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