Sally Ride obituary reveals she was a lesbian

dark_crystal · 07-24-2012, 01:31 PM

This is an awesome thing!

However, i think there is a math error.

Partner of 27 years? 2012 minus 27 equals 1985, and the article clearly states that she was not divorced from her husband until 1987.

EnderD_503 · 07-24-2012, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dark_crystal

This is an awesome thing!

However, i think there is a math error.

Partner of 27 years? 2012 minus 27 equals 1985, and the article clearly states that she was not divorced from her husband until 1987.

Or perhaps she was one of the many lesbian, bisexual or pansexual women who fell in love with other women while still in a "heterosexual" marriage. I don't think we should jump to conclusions just because someone is married. Many lesbian, gay and queer folks were and still are trapped in conventional marriages that they ended up in just because society forces people to believe in some kind of "natural heterosexual monogamous marriage" idea.

Maybe its a math issue, or maybe partnered 27 years is exactly right. Either way, it shouldn't matter.

Anyways, I think it's really cool and I wonder how openly her and her partner were able to live. It would be interesting to hear her story about how early (if at all) she was able to come out in her field and what her experiences were with it. I know that people should be able to work in their field without pronouncing their sexuality to the world, but at the same time you hear it all the time for gay men. "The first gay man to xyz." You rarely hear the same things when you have lesbian women with high achievements.

Thanks for sharing!

DapperButch · 07-24-2012, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by EnderD_503

Or perhaps she was one of the many lesbian, bisexual or pansexual women who fell in love with other women while still in a "heterosexual" marriage. I don't think we should jump to conclusions just because someone is married. Many lesbian, gay and queer folks were and still are trapped in conventional marriages that they ended up in just because society forces people to believe in some kind of "natural heterosexual monogamous marriage" idea.

Maybe its a math issue, or maybe partnered 27 years is exactly right. Either way, it shouldn't matter.

Anyways, I think it's really cool and I wonder how openly her and her partner were able to live. It would be interesting to hear her story about how early (if at all) she was able to come out in her field and what her experiences were with it. I know that people should be able to work in their field without pronouncing their sexuality to the world, but at the same time you hear it all the time for gay men. "The first gay man to xyz." You rarely hear the same things when you have lesbian women with high achievements.

Thanks for sharing!

I think darkcrystal was being sarcastic, Ender. Joking around.

Toughy · 07-27-2012, 03:11 PM

From reading the article it sounds to me like she was out like a lot of folks.....her community knew......friends, folks she worked with, the dry cleaner, bank, other lesbians in and outside the area etc....

Should she have made the big announcement to the press? The obituary certainly treated the relationship as if everyone knew....read like many I see in the Bay Area.

girl_dee · 07-27-2012, 06:59 PM

and also situation SHOULD open the opposing straight folks minds'...

Not all of us are flag waivers, some just want to blend in like everyone else and not be singled out because of their sexuality.

i SO look forward to the day when no one cares what gender a person's partner is!

Jesse · 07-24-2012, 02:35 PM

This is an article about the both of them really. Both are/were well achieved women, together and separately.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/3659...an-partner.htm

macele · 07-24-2012, 05:06 PM

i hope that sally is resting in peace, or somewhere in heavens space!

i read somewhere that sarah palin praised sally for her work and such. palin giving a lesbian a shout out? i bet she didn't know lol.

macele · 07-24-2012, 05:09 PM

i should have said "lover of women", not lesbian. my bad. i don't know that she was a lesbian.

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