What a 1950 Gay & Lesbian did to fit in.........

Well to make a lot of people happy and thinking it was the right and safe thing to do. Marvin got married to Billie Mae, or Teri as she likes to be called. Great Wedding, Candlelight Service . 3 receptions ,trip to Niagra Falls. And my best man was, (of course) Bill.
And for awhile, it all worked out fine. Bill and I were still friends and part-time lovers. But after my discharge from the service, Bill and Billie Mae were at each others throats. And playing tug of war with poor little Marvin in the middle. So another choice had to be made.. Bill won that decision too!!
So while Marvin and Billie Mae stayed married for 25 years and stayed friends to this day, living together was over..And I forgot to mention, she was a Lesbian too.Or more properly, we were both
Bi-Sexual.

So back with Bill, and since I don't skate much anymore, I became a Motorcyle Race groupie.(token fem queer)...AHH, Those were the days. We thought, they would never end.
Surprise!
As usual, another BIG fight!
Another Breakup..
(By the way, lots of interesting things take place that I don't have the room to mention now)

A trip to Washington D.C.

A friend of Marvin's named Bill, not the wife or the Lover.(seems to be a pattern here), decided to take a trip in his new red Buick convertable to Washington and Virginia and the Blue Ridge Mtns.
We had a ball,and came back later then expected. Bill had a cow or was it a fit...So Marvin split, and as he left, was told not to let the door hit him in the ass!
So Marvin was pissed and still in the mood to travel and called up Bill (the friend) and they both decided to quit their jobs and head out West!
California! here we come......


San Francisco

To make a very long story short. Bill (the friend one) and Marvin travel to California in the (by now) infamous Red Buick Convertable. Did we ever have a life expierence on that trip. Now we were not dummies, But we are from a small town in Michigan, and young (early 20's) and looked like teenagers (in the genes). And very green, when it came to the BIG city..We had a ball! Everyone wanted to show (Bill the friend & Marvin) us the ropes and we learned our lessons well. We both got jobs on Market St at the same location. And 6 out of the 10 employees were orginally from Michigan.(we became the Michigan Mafia). Now this was 1960, And we were young, pretty and horny! And we were in the Right Place..Had a ball..(But boy did Marvin miss Bill! the lover)
So after 3 years, a few vacations with Bill the lover, Marvin decided to move back to Michigan and Bill.the lover....

Hated the winters and worked on Bill to want to move to California...(took another 3 years).
So in 1966, Both Bill and Marvin loaded the car and trailer with the cats and dogs and all they could carry of their worldly goods, and hit the road.. Another memorable ride across the country.





The Family is Fun !

Here we are in 1999!

We are now Senior Citizens..
We live in Hayward, California (since 1968)
We are still in Love
We are still the "Bickersons"
We will continue to the end together
(update January 1,2000....We have just submitted our names for Domestic Partnership to the Secretary of State in California)
UPDATE: January 10, 2000, Bill and Marvin are now Legal Domestic Partners in the state of California. (File #170,dated Jan.6,2000)
We would like to be able to make it a legal marriage with all the benefits.


October 13, 2001

Picture taken at GLOBE annual Coming Out Awards Dinner..Marvin was awarded the "PRYOR CONRAD Award for Outstanding Service to the Gay & Lesbian Community..

photo by:Linda Hendley

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Special thanks to Jim Joslin..Without whose help the pictures that have been included, would never have made it to the web page and "The Memories" of our 49 years together.

And thanks to Meg and BJ for the Lavender Seniors of the East Bay pictures that have been included too.

This is my first web page. and it was a learning experience. But fun, I will do better on the next one!



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