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COMMENTARY: Women’s History Month in poetry and prose

Kit-Bacon Gressitt – SDGLN Contributor
March 13th, 2013

March is National Women’s History Month, a fact I note every year, with varying degrees of enthusiasm. I am conflicted. And this particular bit of oppositional thinking cannot be attributed to my nutty genetic code. … Well maybe the predisposition for it can. Regardless, I’ve an active distaste for the need of such a month.

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COMMENTARY: Can my "gay community" please stop whining about Sally Ride?

Barb Hamp Weicksel - Special to SDGLN
July 26th, 2012

For those in my gay community whining about all the good Sally Ride could have done had she only “come out;” I say — Get over yourself.

For most gays and lesbians, the hardest thing we will ever do in our lives is “come out.” It’s personal, and absolutely no one can dictate to you the time, day, or moment you have to come out. It’s a scary straight world, full of hate, anger, bigotry, ignorance, and people who want to do nothing more than make a mockery of your life.

UPDATED: Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, dies at age 61

Ken Williams - SDGLN Editor in Chief
July 23rd, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died today after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to Sally Ride Science. She was 61.

Sally Ride Science, in its obituary released to the public, disclosed that the astronaut had a longtime relationship with Tam O'Shaugnessy, the company's COO and executive vice president. Ride was 12 years old when the girls became friends.

The company obituary simply noted that Ride was survived by "Tam O'Shaughnessy, her partner of 27 years," her mother, Joyce Ride; her sister Bear Ride; and a niece and a nephew.

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