Overheard in an Airport Café

Jul 15, 2021 | 2013 Summer - What Happens Next? Pt. 2

By Robyn Ochs

I was sitting at an airport Au Bon Pain, waiting (I do a lot of that). At the table next to me were four female law students. Their animated conversation about law school and Citizens United floated in and out of my consciousness as I worked on my laptop. Two of the women left, and the two remaining began discussing their personal lives. One stated that she had recently begun dating a guy she liked quite a lot. In the three years prior, she mentioned casually, she had dated only women. Of course, this got my attention! After some deliberation, upon leaving I introduced myself and handed her a copy of Bi Women, saying that I couldn’t help but overhear the last part of her conversation and thought this might interest her. I walked of, leaving her smiling and holding the Spring 2013 issue of Bi Women.

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