Category: 2011 Spring – People Say the Strangest Things
The Embarcadero, San Francisco
Jul 16, 2021 | 2011 Spring - People Say the Strangest Things
“The Embarcadero, San Francisco,” by Karla Rossi
Read MoreLetters: People Say the Strangest Things
Jul 16, 2021 | 2011 Spring - People Say the Strangest Things
Dear Bi Women, This past year, I decided to pick a few organizations to which I could make...
Read MoreFrom your Editor: People Say the Strangest Things
May 1, 2011 | 2011 Spring - People Say the Strangest Things, Editor's Note
Dear Reader, The theme of this issue is “People Say the Strangest Things.” Readers were asked,...
Read MoreGetting UnCrabby
May 1, 2011 | 2011 Spring - People Say the Strangest Things, Articles
By Loren Gomez I found out one night that the claw of a ten-pound lobster is larger than my hand. The sometimes raucous, often very crowded, always sociable Barking Crab in Boston is the scene for my latest coming out story. I...
Read MoreEdith
May 1, 2011 | 2011 Spring - People Say the Strangest Things, Articles
By Kathleen Kathleen Hepburn is a 49-year-old bi woman, business owner, musician and computer geek who came out as bi at age 18. She and her male partner plan to get legally married when all same-sex couples in the U.S. can do...
Read MoreDeviant Adventures in Bigmont, Population 8000*
May 1, 2011 | 2011 Spring - People Say the Strangest Things, Articles
By Monica Meneghetti * Based on real events. Names of actual people and places have been changed. Salt and her boy-sweetie, Pepper, live in a very conservative province, in a small town called Bigmont. Salt’s girl-sweetie,...
Read MoreBi Women Around the World: Jacquelyn Applebee, London, UK
May 1, 2011 | 2011 Spring - People Say the Strangest Things, Around the World, Articles
Interview by Robyn Ochs Robyn Ochs: Please tell us about yourself. Jacquelyn Applebee: I was born...
Read MoreComing Out to Grammy
May 1, 2011 | 2011 Spring - People Say the Strangest Things, Articles
By Ellyn Ruthstrom My grandmother was an avid stamp collector and she attempted to pass her...
Read MoreShe
May 1, 2011 | 2011 Spring - People Say the Strangest Things, Poetry
Poem and drawing by Jo‐Anne Carlson To be thee, he saidPerhaps you needTo be with sheBut I am with...
Read MoreMore from Jess Wells…
May 1, 2011 | 2011 Spring - People Say the Strangest Things, Articles
As promised, here are two more pieces from Jess Wells’s nine-part story, “The See-Saw Family”: A...
Read MoreA Statement, Not a Question
May 1, 2011 | 2011 Spring - People Say the Strangest Things, Articles
By Natasha Avital “Oh…so you have an open relationship then.” It’s a statement, not a question. From this woman who hardly even knows me. From this woman with whom I’ve never discussed my relationship before. All of a...
Read MoreIf I Just Began to Laugh
May 1, 2011 | 2011 Spring - People Say the Strangest Things, Articles, Poetry
By Dani SK She saved me from a glorious kind of prideSo how could I resistThe dedication to...
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