Abigail Garner
Jun 18th, 2004
Jun 18th, 2004
On Father’s Day, I can celebrate gift of two dads
As a daughter of gay parents, I have not one, but two dads to celebrate on Father’s Day. I have no problem with this, but President Bush does.
Archive for the 'Published Columns' Category
Abigail Garner
Oct 15th, 2002
Oct 15th, 2002
“Different” Doesn’t Mean “Bad”
My family never really was “just like” families with straight parents.
Abigail Garner
Oct 1st, 2002
Oct 1st, 2002
Coming out as a straight ally–and why it matters
Written for National Coming Out Day 2002. When people are so homophobic that they think gay people are sub-human, their ears immediately close to anything gay people have to say. Straight parents, however, have more credibility and clout in the eyes of homophobes and they at least have a shot at communicating a message of acceptance.
Abigail Garner
Sep 14th, 2002
Sep 14th, 2002
Journalism Award for “My Turn”
Press Release from NLGJA listing award recipients
Abigail Garner
Jun 12th, 2002
Jun 12th, 2002
Coming out to kids: Not an single event, but a journey
Come out to my kids? I don’t have to “come out†to them because I’ve never been “in.â€
For parents who were out before they added children to their family, the idea of officially coming out to their kids seems moot. I disagree.
Abigail Garner
Mar 19th, 2002
Mar 19th, 2002
Don’t Judge Parent’s Competency Based On Sexual Orientation.
A column I wrote for mainstream media right after Rosie officially came out: Why is it that Rosie O’Donnell (or any other gay parent in the media spotlight) is assumed to represent all gay parents, but a parent who is heterosexual (say, Andrea Yates) is never assumed to represent all straight parents?
Abigail Garner
Mar 15th, 2002
Mar 15th, 2002
Faith, Wisdom, and Conditional Acceptance
My father put up with the church’s conditional acceptance for more than ten years longer than I did. I recently asked him why he stayed so long. He said that until he discovered his new church (where he is fully accepted as an openly gay man), he didn’t know it could be any different.
Abigail Garner
Feb 11th, 2002
Feb 11th, 2002
Don’t ‘Protect’ Me; Give Me Your Respect
Abigail Garner’s commentary published in Newsweek that won the Excellence in Journalism award from NLGJA. “Growing up with a gay father wasn’t easy - but only because our society doesn’t accept families like mine…”
Abigail Garner
Nov 2nd, 2001
Nov 2nd, 2001
Queered by Family, Queerspawn by Choice
Some background on the origins of the term “queerspawn” and what it means to me to identify as “culturally queer/erotically straight” as I get in touch with my inner gay man.
Abigail Garner
Aug 1st, 2001
Aug 1st, 2001
Why isn’t “Families Like Mine” in Lavender anymore?
For two years, every other week, Lavender Magazine has run “Families Like Mine,” reaching approximately 25,000 readers in the GLBT community in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Within the first few months of writing my column, people started to ask me, “Aren’t you running out of things to write about?”
No! I’m not running out of [...]