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theHandpuppet

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2. This brings up a topic of genuine concern for many gay couples

Reply to Fearless (Original post)

Fri May 16, 2014, 09:35 AM

May 2014

My partner and I have discussed it on several occasions. As we are now into our AARP years (ha-ha) we have been working on all the things folks do consider when facing end of life decisions. One of our questions has been, can we be buried together, or at least share a marker in a cemetery? Will the paper refuse to print my obit if it refers to my wife? Can a funeral home refuse either of us a memorial service?

These are the kinds of dehumanizing issues gay folk have to deal with all the time, things that probably never even occur to heterosexuals. For many of us there are no guarantees, even in death.

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