Gay Registration

My honey, Ed, and I are celebrating our 20th year of unwedded bliss this month. Today, I got down on my knees and asked him to be my lawful domestic partner. He was reluctant, because he thought it was a pretty paltry gain. My feeling is that we must actively oppose the onslaught of anti-gay-marriage bigotry, as it is crystallized in the form of the Knight initiative (Prop. 22) on the March ballot. I expressed to Ed that this is a continuation of the struggle for equal rights and for the recognition of the legitimacy of our relationships. He then agreed.

We went to the California secretary of state’s office and registered. Now, if one of us is sick in the hospital, the other has the legal right to visit. Big doings. Yet one small step for gay people.

STEPHEN MAY

Los Angeles