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My heart was beating so high up in my throat, and it burned like I had a bad case of acid reflux. Tremors ran through me from my toes up through my spine and back through my hands. The betrayal was so great in light of the sacrifices I had made that I had half [...]

© 2002 Sandra Jean-Pierre
I am looking to name this face
something other than
black
womyn
lesbian
disabled
bitch…?
I am looking for a name for this face
other than the smiles that have kept me
want and waiting
in this space
lost in time
pretty unlikley that it will be something i have
had in my mind
but
I am looking for a name for this face
as i am in [...]

I felt the need to put my proverbial tuppenceworth into the discussion on gay marriage, for two reasons:
1. Gay marriage is a crucial step in redefining the outdated patriarchal nuclear family and helping ensure that gay couples who so choose can live with certain rights.
2. I got married last month to my partner, on the [...]

Just met this girl and weve fallen hard and fast. She may be my everything.. but she has 2 children at 22?!!!! This is an unheard of language to me.

I broke up with my first girlfriend about six months ago.  We bought a house, started a business, and adopted eight (yes, eight) pets together over the six years we were together.  As you can imagine, it hasn’t exactly been the easiest break-up.  And although I didn’t have an affair, there was someone else, and [...]

© 2002 Sandra Jean-Pierre
There’s someone out there for me…
someone who’se not into head games or drama shit
someone who can appreciate my divatude
worship my divaness
revel in my divanation.
There is someone out there for me.
someone who understands the strength of my character
the strength of my self
the strength of my love.
someone who doesn’t need to be
babysat
watched over
or has [...]

So here’s the issue. I have never questioned my sexuality. I have been aware of my attraction and love for women for as long as I can remember, which so happens to be age 5. So what happens when after 30 years you find yourself attracted to a man.
I realize the above paragraph is a [...]