[Arizona-students] Fw: [2391Group] Re: Question: blind gay parents?

[Allison (NFB of Arizona)]

> Hi,
>
> Thanks Atty for sharing about you and your family.  Four boys, that sounds
> incredibly busy!  Can you tell us a little bit about what that was like to
> be a parent who had to work with both blindness and gayness?  I don't mean
> to put you on the spot LOL.  You can ignore me or write off-list if you
> like.  But I just wonder if it was especially difficult for you to get
> acceptance from other parents because you are part of two historically
> stigmatized groups.  Or was it ever difficult for any of your boys when 
> they were old enough to realize how different from everybody else their 
> parents were.
> I don't actually know first-hand whether or not those sorts of things are
> true, but I imagine they might be because of conversations I've had with
> blind parents and gay parents.
>
> Best,
> Allison
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "The Crowd" <the_crowd at cox.net>
> To: <2391Group at googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:14 PM
> Subject: [2391Group] Re: Question: blind gay parents?
>
>
>>
>> I raised four boys. My youngest is 15. The others are full grown. I'm
>> totally
>> blind and bisexual though my long term relationships have all been with
>> women.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Atty
>>
>> "Qui docet, discit."
>> "He who teaches, learns"
>>
>> I have learned that people will forget what you said,
>> people will forget what you did,
>> but people will never forget how you made them feel.
>> Maya Angelou
>> Thanks Dragon Rider :)
>>
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