aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Sunday, July 23, 2006

The rocky road

With progress comes setbacks. The Canadian military has progressive policies, but still:

[G]ay and lesbian soldiers face a life of secrecy and isolation.

According to a letter from one gay soldier, obtained by Sun Media through an access to information request with the individual’s name protected, homosexual troops face “negative” reactions to their sexual orientation within the ranks.

And with marriage comes divorce:

Just two years ago Julie and Hillary Goodridge - with their girl-next-door good looks and adorable child - became the perfect poster family for gay marriage in Massachusetts. They were the lead plaintiffs, in fact, in the case Goodridge vs. Department of Public Health.

But now the couple so publicly wed is separating. And that private, personal decision has become, like their decision to marry, a subject of contentious public debate.