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40. No perfect childhood - just LGBT friends and family

Sat Nov 30, 2013, 03:17 PM

Nov 2013

Though it was somewhat shocking that my parents had (gasp!) black friends over, but their marriage was considered "mixed" back in the day.

As for my husband's family - his aunt has been out longer than either of us have been alive. She and her wife are awesome; not for being out so long, though I do admire bravery; they're just the kind of couple we want to be.

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Things I don't miss about old-fashioned, Norman Rockwell era Thanksgivings. [View all] pnwmom Nov 2013 OP

Notice anything unusual about this picture? BlueStreak Nov 2013 #1

What about the one with the little black girl walking to school or church Jetboy Nov 2013 #2

I am not good at linking but the picture can be found. Jetboy Nov 2013 #3

That picture was of the little girl during segregation when she had to be escorted into a school monmouth3 Nov 2013 #4

This? nyquil_man Nov 2013 #7

Thanks. BlueStreak Nov 2013 #10

The girl in the picture is Ruby Bridges, and years later she got to see Tanuki Nov 2013 #30

Yes, that's another difference for many of us. pnwmom Nov 2013 #5

How about this one ThoughtCriminal Nov 2013 #6

There's also this: nyquil_man Nov 2013 #8

Damn. I love Norman Rockwell's art Victor_c3 Nov 2013 #9

I don't see how people with straight, reddish hair can be read as racially ambiguous. LeftyMom Nov 2013 #18

I don't understand your post. Are you suggesting that the people in this picture were NOT Number23 Nov 2013 #19

Norman Rockwell has some great paintings about Civil Rights, but in this pic both are White JI7 Nov 2013 #20

We never had Thanksgivings like those... cynatnite Nov 2013 #11

Me neither Major Nikon Nov 2013 #13

Only one of those I saw was the first and escaped that fate by hanging out with the men. freshwest Nov 2013 #12

Boy, old Thanksgivings are bad. New ones with shopping frowned upon. maced666 Nov 2013 #14

Not too long ago, someone started an OP suggesting that Charles Shulz was racist... WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2013 #17

of all the threads here Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #28

Yeah, that was a DU low point. WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2013 #39

Nonsense. WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2013 #15

LOL. If you think there are no gay people anywhere in your extended family pnwmom Nov 2013 #24

I knew you'd pounce on that. WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2013 #38

I love the smell of someone smoking a cigar Freddie Nov 2013 #16

people still get Drunk, i'm sure Racist and Sexist Jokes are still heard at many JI7 Nov 2013 #21

Does anyone know what this one is about ? JI7 Nov 2013 #22

I would say that the lady just got thrown from a horse, Tanuki Nov 2013 #33

Rockwell did TOO depict gays! Aristus Nov 2013 #23

Norman Rockwell was a strong progressive who supported FDR and Civil Rights. Drunken Irishman Nov 2013 #25

Thanks for the info. He did have some pictures pnwmom Nov 2013 #26

Yes. It's a big reason he left the The Saturday Evening Post... Drunken Irishman Nov 2013 #27

Actually, Rockwell's Four Freedoms first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post Tanuki Nov 2013 #29

His Four Freedoms picture depicted a very sanitized Thanksgiving, pnwmom Nov 2013 #31

Idealized, not sanitized REP Nov 2013 #32

Were members openly gay when you were a child in the 60's? pnwmom Nov 2013 #34

One interesting thing about Rockwell DemocraticWing Nov 2013 #35

Interesting. Welcome to DU, DemocraticWing! n/t pnwmom Nov 2013 #36

This past Summer, Smithsonian magazine published an DonViejo Nov 2013 #37

That would fit with another article I read. His own family life, pnwmom Nov 2013 #41

No perfect childhood - just LGBT friends and family REP Nov 2013 #40