Dancing with My Grandma: Talking with Robyn Ochs About Complex Identities and Simple Messages in the Marriage Equality Movement

摘要

This article is an interview with bisexual activist and educator Robyn Ochs. In it, Robyn discusses her approaches to activism and education, and describes the contexts in which she tries to complicate identities and simplify messages for LGBTQ and straight audiences. She also discusses the significance of marriage equality, and her personal experience after legally marrying her partner on May 17th, 2004, after the state of Massachusetts passed its same-sex marriage law. In addition, she describes the community she lives in, and about the “chosen families” that live there.