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    A Second Before Awakening

    APRIL 8, 2013 12:20AM

    By Elizabeth J Sparenberg


    Topics: art, fiction, salvador, dali, salvador dali, haunting, lesbian, cannibalism, incest, experimental, memory, relationships, breakup, elizabeth, ghost, phantom, story, gay/lesbian

    • Editor's Pick
    • 146 Ratings
    • 37833 Views
    • 156 Comments
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    I Changed Sex and Died

    FEBRUARY 21, 2009 12:34PM

    By Hear Me Roar


    Topics: sex change, transsexual, gay/lesbian

    • 96 Ratings
    • 5649 Views
    • 98 Comments
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    What It Feels Like When You Know You Mean Nothing

    MAY 20, 2010 4:21PM

    By fingerlakeswanderer


    Topics: reproduction, choice, women, politics, science, news, health, gay/lesbian, feminism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 94 Ratings
    • 3457 Views
    • 114 Comments
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    Dear Son, I Love You.

    MAY 5, 2009 7:53PM

    By Owl_Says_Who


    Topics: don't worry the giant has already heard this and more from me and the raven at least 183 times this year alone, gay/lesbian, love, open letter to my son, the giant, parenting

    • 86 Ratings
    • 1946 Views
    • 119 Comments
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    It All Adds Up

    DECEMBER 29, 2009 11:26PM

    By Owl_Says_Who


    Topics: gay/lesbian, year-end, fact fiction faction who knows, this needs polished bad but i'm publishing before i sleep, i suppose the fact that i'm not writing poetry is a good thing, what the hell does one do with all of this except write i guess, belief/religion, family

    • 82 Ratings
    • 2462 Views
    • 123 Comments
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    Changing the Language of Love

    SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 6:21PM

    By Owl_Says_Who


    Topics: no vows broken, it was a mutual decision, it will be ok, broken but moving toward healing, there is always more to the story but i cannot tell it now, gay/lesbian, there was no violence just brutal honesty

    • Editor's Pick
    • 81 Ratings
    • 84679 Views
    • 99 Comments
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    Kids Say the Darndest Things About Gay Marriage

    JUNE 17, 2009 4:04PM

    By the stand-in


    Topics: belief and religion, family, gay/lesbian, politics, books, parenting, gay parenting, preschool, education

    • 80 Ratings
    • 4995 Views
    • 102 Comments
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    Dear Mom, A Thank You Note

    FEBRUARY 4, 2010 11:58PM

    By Owl_Says_Who


    Topics: wonder how the tags will arrange themselves, mrs michaels this had nothing to do with you and everything to do with the spirit, i write in relative anonymity so that i can speak my truth without messing with truth as potentially possessed by others, it is nearly friday but this is true, gay/lesbian, family, belief/religion, i would say open call but what would it be answering except the call to figure something out, this helps so thanks for reading, feminism, books

    • 75 Ratings
    • 1935 Views
    • 134 Comments
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    (Almost) Left Behind

    MARCH 15, 2010 11:52AM

    By Owl_Says_Who


    Topics: writing to avoid haunting, teach your children well, don't ever torment yourself by wondering if they were right, toxic shit that needs to go i think, religion, family, gay/lesbian, ages are approximated, just working it out like the next kid, gonna let it rest gonna let it rest, facing fears, rapture, kid fears, sometimes this is why i write and this is what i have feared, as python said it got better, working out salvation through fear and trembling, someday this will make a great bit of poetry, open callish, tag it what you will i guess

    • 72 Ratings
    • 1542 Views
    • 83 Comments
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    Open Salon Joke

    MAY 7, 2010 4:22PM

    By dianaani


    Topics: technology, politics, open call, news, gossip, gay/lesbian, feminism, design, comedy, business, animals

    • Editor's Pick
    • 72 Ratings
    • 36107 Views
    • 107 Comments
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    You Might Be A Lesbian -- And Not Know It!

    DECEMBER 10, 2009 1:22PM

    By Nelle Engoron


    Topics: news, meredith baxter, anne heche, cynthia nixon, women, desire, sex, sexuality, lesbian, gay, gay/lesbian, coming out, relationships, self awareness

    • 72 Ratings
    • 2118 Views
    • 116 Comments
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    First It Shattered

    NOVEMBER 24, 2009 11:11PM

    By Owl_Says_Who


    Topics: for those just joining the story links are provided, love, thanksgiving, not my best poetry ever but it will have to do for now, nothing in stone but a hopeful rebeginning, thanks everyone for your good thoughts and such, learning the value of the moment, i have a love hate relationship with change, roulette of tags, relationships are relationships, gay/lesbian, family, only time will tell but hopeful

    • 71 Ratings
    • 4115 Views
    • 108 Comments
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    Small Town Gays: We’re Here, We’re Queer, but Quietly

    JULY 3, 2009 10:11PM

    By Owl_Says_Who


    Topics: once in awhile you gotta say fuck it i just gotta say it and this is one of those times, anger, small town, stupid motherfuckers, shit i want to shout from the roof tops but usually edit mightily, a little bit of so called poetry which i hear in my head as spoken word sorry if it sucks, this is part of what is my world, some days are just like this, queer, butch, family, gay/lesbian, belief and religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 71 Ratings
    • 5648 Views
    • 86 Comments
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    The Princess Bride

    MARCH 25, 2009 6:51AM

    By Bryan Harrison


    Topics: bachelorettes, strippers, drunken brides, gay marriage, marriage, lgbtq, politics, gay/lesbian, feminism, family, belief and religion

    • 67 Ratings
    • 2176 Views
    • 91 Comments
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    Born in Stone

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 8:38AM

    By Algis Kemezys


    Topics: sculpture, belief/religion, design, gay/lesbian, photography, travel kos, greek, gods, hermes, hippocrates, zeus, sculpture, ancient, art, fine-art

    • 66 Ratings
    • 4307 Views
    • 91 Comments
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    Truth in Labeling People

    MARCH 18, 2010 10:20AM

    By cartouche


    Topics: profiling, racism, bigotry, acceptance, tolerance, human nature, the human condition, prejudice, stereotypes, gay/lesbian, disabilities, mr potato head

    • 66 Ratings
    • 1452 Views
    • 91 Comments
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    Dear Owl at Seventeen (Open Call: Letter to Me)

    FEBRUARY 28, 2010 1:09PM

    By Owl_Says_Who


    Topics: mrsraptor started it, open call: letter to me, i couldn't not take up this challenge, belief/religion, gay/lesbian, family, what an interesting excercise, owl at seventeen was actually cooler than owl at 42 but not as seasoned

    • 64 Ratings
    • 1929 Views
    • 95 Comments
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    What I Thought I Knew

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2009 1:49PM

    By Owl_Says_Who


    Topics: woulda shoulda coulda does not change a thing, learned a lot since then, breaking the editor one day at a time, the beginning of love and trust, gay/lesbian, i know this is way common among us humans but damn i wish it were easier, this is very old stuff but still trying to breakthrough like everyone else i know, communication, learning to speak, this alone almost killed us but glad we made it after all

    • Editor's Pick
    • 64 Ratings
    • 2076 Views
    • 88 Comments
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    Of Basketball and a Broken Heart

    JUNE 28, 2009 3:42AM

    By Owl_Says_Who


    Topics: basketball, the giant, parenting, owl's version of a stonewall riot tribute, os will reorder my tags anyway so it should be interesting to how they read kind of like tea leaves, i couldn't believe i cried over this but i did for a minute, the boy is growing up and i'm proud of him but damn, gay/lesbian

    • Editor's Pick
    • 63 Ratings
    • 4217 Views
    • 82 Comments
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    I Was Robbed Right Here on Open Salon

    FEBRUARY 17, 2009 1:49PM

    By Ellen Hawley Roddick


    Topics: copyright, ethics, robbery, stealing, gay/lesbian, belief and religion, plagiarism, open salon

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