Some familiar faces and names (usual suspects, one might say) are trying mighty hard to make it a thing.

I'm glad that Sanders voted against DOMA. I'm also glad that Nancy Pelosi voted against DOMA. I recall watching her speaking against it - I appreciated that!

siblings. My sister-in-law is married so I consider her wife my sister-in-law also.

My crowd I hung out with in the 80’s in Los Angles were equally gay and straight men and women.

So am I an ally? I don’t give it a thought. It’s not up to me to decide. I spend my days with these folks as I do with anyone.

They never use the term ally because we are all just people. We don’t need the term.

That's my perspective. And my being gay does enter into that. If someone is invalidating me or making me wrong, I don't consider that very friendly.

one of the very, very, very few black women. Fine friend and ally you are.

He's contradicting himself.

I am a geezer. I am still capable of growth beyond the images of the 50's.

But it does take a while. And it does take a post such as this to keep me learning.

Am acutely aware that while I talk the talk, no way can I ever walk the walk.

If this post is about Joy -- don't know what really cyber-happened, but long enough ago that I know real growth could have been absorbed between then and now.

She is brilliant and I adore and admire her, whatever her possible transgressions on this sensitive topic.

She was still finding her voice and her audience back then. She’s a good ally for the left. This gay person will cut her some slack.