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Home » Archives by category » Op-Ed » Gay-Lesbian
The Change in Our Public Schools
By: Dani Langevin – January, 2015 Changes have been made in public schools and parents need to be informed and become involved. Educators have been told that “time on learning”…
Redefining Marriage ~ Ye Gay Ol’ Valley
By: Dani Langavin – November, 2014 Allowing same-sex marriage has not redefined marriage. Marriage has been redefined over and over and over again. It is constantly transitioning and to blame…
23 Year Old Father Diagnosed With Tumefactive MS ~ Ye Gay Ole Valley
By: Dani Langevin – October, 2014 Tavis Marceau was a hard working family man putting in 60 hours a week for the moving company at which he was employed. He…
The Benefits of Same Sex Parenting ~ YE GAY OL’ VALLEY
By: Dani Langevin – September, 2014 In January of 2012, presidential candidate Rick Santorum said to the people of New Hampshire that children would be better off having a father…
YE GAY Ol’ VALLEY – Human Rights Campaign Survey Proves LBGT Youth Need Support
By: Dani Langevin Whether or not you agree with or even understand a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered (LGBT) lifestyle the American youth who identify themselves as part of it…
Coming Out is Never Easy ~ Ye Gay Ol’ Valley
By: Dani Langevin – July 2014 When you fall love at the same time that your mother is dying, do you focus on love’s beginning or life’s end? In 1994…
Marriage Equality Marks 10 Year Anniversary ~Ye Gay Ol’ Valley
By: Dani Langevin – June, 2014 Ten years ago last month the wonderfully forward thinking SJC made marriage open and equal to all adult couples that want to spend a…
Clarity on the Issue of Sexuality ~ Ye gay Ol’ Valley
By: Dani Langevin – May, 2014 Last month, Paul Murano’s column on clarifying the issue of homosexuality was run right next to mine, appropriately so. I’d like to add more…
Clarity on the Issue of Homosexuality – Beneath the Surface
By: Paul Murano – April, 2014 This is a very important column if you happen to be a fan of clarity. It is about an issue that has been purposefully…
Seven Year Old Comes out of Closet – Ye Gay Ol’ Valley
By: Dani Langevin – April, 2014 When I was in third grade, just eight years old, I had a huge crush on Nicky (Nicole) Dalby. Nicky was this Alice in…
Gay Marriage – By Dani Langevin
By: Dani Langevin – March 2014 *WINNER OF A VALLEY PRESIDENT’S AWARD* I am married. I guess you could say I am ‘in a marriage’. I am not in a…
50 Shades of Gay – YE GAY OL’ VALLEY by Dani Langevin
By: Dani Langevin – February, 2014 The gay community is just as diverse and varied as our heterosexual counter community. I would also venture to say that we are probably…
Perspectives on Being Gay – YE GAY OL’ VALLEY by Dani Langevin
By: Dani Langevin – January, 2013 Last month Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan posted an article on Facebook about a gay teacher who had been fired from his position at…
Dying to Teach – Ye Gay Ol’ Valley
By: Dani Langevin – December, 2013 In 1927, fifty-five year old Andrew Kehoe, school board treasurer in Bath, Michigan shot his wife, fire-bombed his own barn then set off a…
Are We Asking too Much of Teachers and Students? – Ye Gay Ol’ Valley
By Dani Langevin – November, 2013 This is the mission statement of the Common Core Standards (CCS) that has been adopted by the Massachusetts Department of Education. “The Common Core…
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