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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] (as a lesbian with a trans sibling, a straight sister, and a gay brother!)   [/quote]

That's one jacked up family reunion. [/quote]

Something tragic must have happened to the family to cause all of those issues[/quote]

Wow, people have a lot to say about my family (I was the first responder to the article)!

Honestly, I'm pretty sure my family reunions aren't more awkward than any one else's.  Nothing terribly strange or tragic about our upbringing...middle class; suburban; stay-at-home mom and working dad, both of whom finished college; two dogs, one hamster, and a bunch of fish over the years.  And I think us kids do pretty well by any standard: 3 college degrees (one still in school), one doctor, one lawyer, one teacher, no arrests or addictions, all still speaking to each other.

3 out of 4 of us are some flavor of GLBT.  3 out of 4 of us are also left-handed, despite all our parents and grandparents being right-handed.  In a large enough sample size, even improbable things happen from time to time.

But to turn it back to the original post, I think what keeps us a strong family regardless of what some folks here enjoy denigrating is that we all take each other as we are: who we're in relationships with, what our interests and personalities are, etc.  We're not all always easy to get along with (who is, especially in a group of 6 when the only ones who chose each other were my parents, decades ago?) but there are things about each of us that are immutable and we are a team no matter what.  [/quote]

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