Your Stories
Statements by Floyd and Griffin
My name is Wanda Floyd, and this is my partner, Sheryl Griffin, and we live in Durham, North Carolina. We’ve spent the last eight years of our lives together. In July 2002, surrounded by family, friends and co-workers, we committed to spend the rest of our lives together.
Alston Musheno Family
My partner, Catherine Alston, our beautiful son, Alec Alston Musheno, and I live in our home in Silver Spring, Maryland. Catherine and I have been a family for 10 years and our lucky family grew by one when I gave birth to Alec two and one-half years ago.
Our Life Together
We are Frank Benedetti, 64, and Gary Trowbridge, 63, and we’ve been together for 39 years. Frank, who was born in the Bronx, was an officer in the U.S. Army and obtained the rank Captain before his enlistment was over. Gary, who was born in Kanappolis, N. C., and raised in Augusta, Ga., served four years in the U.S. Air Force, obtaining the rank of Airman Third Class before his enlistment was finished.
Bobbie, Lelia and Me
Bobbie Bayless and I have been together for more than 27 years. My daughter, Lelia, was just 4 when we first met.
American Family and Marriage
We grew up with very similar values. The central value, for both of us, always, was family, created by marriage. We learned that marriage was the means to an enduring relationship of love within which you could share life, its happiness, as well as sorrow, struggle and all of its beauty. The value we placed on marriage did not change when we each discovered our lesbian identities as young adults. We both searched for such a relationship throughout our lives, until we found each other in our mid-30s.
The Andermills
In January 1998, Karen Anders and Dorrie Mills began a relationship that has turned out to be a remarkable adventure.