Kiss in Public
What Mr. Windish calls a level of peril is possibly always in play, and this no doubt has something to do with the easily observed reality that a public kiss between two people of the same sex remains an unusual occurrence, and probably not because most are holding out for the chance to lock lips over a hunk of milk chocolate, roasted peanuts and caramel.
-- New York Times, 2/18/07
Talking about the upcoming film Gray Matters I realized that I'm relatively starved for lesbian media. The L-Word is great and weekly, and I love blogs written by lesbians, but really, there's so little PDA and so little media.
I came out at about the same time as Ellen, in a really liberal place, and I believe so strongly in visibility. But it's true, how often do I kiss in public? Not so often. Am I role model? If you see us librarians in love walking down the street, would you know we're gay? I'm not sure. In the relative safety of the Internet, I'm out. But in the real world? It's downright scary, even in NY.