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May 2011, 10 THOUSAND COUPLES NEWS ROOM
Love Has No Boundaries, but for Same-Sex Couples in the U.S., There Are Merciless Borders
10thousandCouples Commentary for same-sex married couples in the U.S., whom DOMA continues to penalize.
Larry and his husband Peter have been married now for just over two years. The problem is that they cannot live together as a married couple. One lives in Texas, while the other lives in Montreal, Canada.
The two of them met in Mexico while both were on vacation in February 2004. It was love at first sight.
From the day their relationship started, they knew there would be a few obstacles in their way. For one thing, Peter works for an airline based in Canada. The good news, though, was that this gave him the opportunity to visit Larry quite often in Texas. When Larry had the chance, he would also fly to Canada to be with his love. They did this for almost four years, and then decided that their love was strong and wanted to live their lives together. Unfortunately, Larry's father was terminally ill, and as both an only child and his father's primary caregiver, Larry decided a move to Canada was not possible. Peter, on the other hand, was quite willing to move to Texas. He was anxious to spend his life with the man he loved.
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John Szlachetka, also known as Jasz to many of his friends, has been an activist, speaker, and writer for LGBT rights, for a number of years. A former high school teacher, he has seen the discrimination and bullying LGBT youth face everyday. He himself has lived through discrimination and homophobia both from his family and society in general. This has made him stronger and more determined to fight for the equality of his LGBT brothers and sisters. Besides his activism, he also councels LGBT couples with problems that arise in their relationships. He is also a pastor for the Universal Life Church. When he is not marrying couples, he is saving them from crisis. You can also find him in many different facebook groups, fighting along side his LGBT brothers and sisters.
As a member of the 10,000 couples team, Jasz hopes to promote both the e-magazine, and to to bring more couples into our 10,000 couples family. Now that Same-Sex-Marriage has become an important subject world wide, he wants bring together everyone in the LGBT community to fight for the rights of our community.