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Home » Archives by category » Op-Ed » Dani Langevin, Gay-Lesbian
What Banning the Transgendered in the Military will Really Cost~ YE GAY OL’ VALLEY
By: Dani Langevin – August, 2017 In June of 2010, in the second column I had ever written for the Valley Patriot, I wrote about what “Don’t ask, don’t tell”…
GENITALS DO NOT DEFINE US ~ YE GAY OL’ VALLEY
By: Dani Langevin – Feb. 2017 Take a good look at the pictures above. When these children go to school or are out…
Methuen High: Best Part of the Gay Community ~ YE GAY OL’ VALLEY
By: Dani Langevin – Feb. 2017 When I came out 23 years ago, I was incredibly insecure, nervous almost to the point of paralysis, and petrified to enter into a…
Those Who Came Out in 2016 ~ YE GAY OL’ VALLEY
By: Dani Langevin – January, 2017 There has been a lot of focus on celebrity deaths over the past year, especially in the past few weeks where 2016 seemed hell…
Methuen LGBTQ Youth Weigh in on Trump ~ YE GAY OL’ VALLEY
By: Dani Langevin – Dec. 2016 I am blissfully now teaching sophomore U.S. History at the newly and beautifully renovated Methuen High School and loving it. I am also the…
Anti-abortion vs. Pro-life – YE GAY OL’ VALLEY
By: Dani Langevin – Nov. 2016 Barney Frank once said, “Conservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth.” How true…
In the Name of Patriotism ~ Ye Gay Ol’ Valley
By: Dani Langevin – Oct. 2016 What is patriotism today? From what I can see it is fear, bigotry and ignorance. This came to my attention when someone on Facebook,…
Teachers Lives Matter ~ YE GAY OL’ VALLEY
By: Dani Langevin – Sept. 2016 Last month, Tom Duggan posted a comment asking people if they supported merit pay for teachers and the claws came out. I’ve been an…
History of LBGTQ Murders: Stop the Hate!
By: Dani Langevin – July, 2016 There is no doubt that the shooting at the Pulse dance club in Orlando is a tragedy. It is an act of hate, an…
Weighing in on Unisex Bathrooms ~ Ye Gay Ol’ Valley
By: Dani Langevin – June, 2016 There’s a great deal of attention on North Carolina since it passed a law in March that states transgendered people must use the bathroom…
Pansexuals and Pronouns ~ YE GAY OL’ VALLEY
By: Dani Langevi – April, 2016 I was at a wedding shower the other day sitting with several family members. The evening before when I couldn’t sleep I realized that…
Saying Goodbye to a Brother ~ Ye Gay Ol’ Valley
By: Dani Langevin – March, 2016 On Saturday, February 27, my sister, niece and I met at my brother’s apartment and within three hours dismantled the life that he had…
The Teaching Gene ~ Ye Gay Ol’ Valley
By: Dani Langevin – Feb. 2016 Apparently my December column created quite a stir. I discovered that my administration received some unsolicited phone calls. Why wouldn’t those people contact me?…
Forgiving and Living with a Broken Heart ~ YE GAY OL’ VALLEY
By: Dani Langevin – Jan. 2016 Meet Hector Black: Hector is a ninety-year-old man who lives in Tennessee. He has been featured on StoryCorps, Radiolab, and The Moth. He fought…
The War on Public Education ~ YE GAY OL’ VALLEY
By: Dani Langevin – December, 2015 I used to love my career. I was proud to be an educator. I woke up every day looking forward to the curriculum I…
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