I can't do my job without being who I am. Who you are is in everything you do. I am so many things: I am a teacher, I am bilingual, I am married, I am married to a woman, I am a lesbian.“I am a lesbian” is the part that sticks out the most. It’s there facing my students head on, and therefore

“I got you something,” she said, her brown eyes looking at me softly but with a hint of mischief to them. I sat up next to her in the bed, “Oh really? What did you get me?” She leaned over the bed, reached into her purse and pulled out a tiny box. We all know that box. It can only contain one

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