[Japan] My partner and I raised our girl for seven years.
Two men, one daughter.
She calls me "Papa."
Lunches, bedtimes, the sick nights.
All me.
But the law won't call me her father.
In Japan, same-sex couples can't both be legal parents.
Only he is. If he dies first,
I have no right to keep our own child.
At school: "Which one's the dad?"
And I go quiet.
Still, I braid her hair and take her hand.
On paper, I'm a stranger to her.
To her, I'm Papa — whatever the law says.
okay so i went to the queer club right? someone paid for me to get in. then the bartender bought my drink. then another person bought me a drink. then a lesbian was pathetically begging for my number. wow happy pride! now i’m watching deer eat flowers in my yard at 2am
was a bit irritated w my little brother this morning cuz i had to wake up early to take him somewhere n while cleaning off my desk i found this letter in my folder n now i’m crying