Growing Together, an article in Our Lives Magazine

I was very excited to discover that a profile I had written for the new LGBTQA magazine/online community in Madison, Our Lives Magazine, was finally in print and online. This profile, Growing Together (PDF) , was a lot of fun to write. The couple, Tim Spires and Richard Kilmer, were a joy to interview.

I must admit, since I have not had a long-term relationship of my own, that I found it strange to be writing an article whose function was to both celebrate their relationship and demonstrate to the queer community (especially gay men) that even though same-sex marriage and civil unions are not allowed in Wisconsin, long-term relationships are healthy and do exist. Freelance writing brings some joys, and one is that it allows you to learn something new with every assignment. With this assignment I tried to take it to heart, to really listen to how their relationship worked.