HIV and Neuropathy: How to Avoid Becoming a Nervous Wreck

The Other Side of Love, Part Two: Partner Abuse in LGBT Communities

drew50@chello.nl (Dave R.) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:14:00 GMT

You're afraid to leave and afraid to stay. You're afraid of other people's reactions if they find out. Your gay friends will look at you differently and assume that you're a walkover or weak with possible masochistic traits and unable to stand on your own two feet. They'll snort and claim they would never allow themselves to be in that position. Your family and the world at large will jump to conclusions. You can hear them saying it; they'd really never expected anything else from a same-sex relationship; they knew nothing good would come of it.

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The Other Side of Love, Part One: My Story of Same-Sex-Partner Abuse

drew50@chello.nl (Dave R.) — Mon, 3 Jun 2013 01:50:00 GMT

That over one-third of LGBT people have been subjected to violence from an intimate partner is evidence of the brutality we can inflict upon one another, even those whom we claim to love.
-- David Phillips

The quote above from David Phillips, was a comment on an earlier post of mine. At the time I thought, "Damn, he's right. I should have mentioned that side of it in the article." Then a couple of days later it hit me that by saying that, he had inadvertently reopened a chapter of my life that I'd more or less successfully filed away.

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