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Grateful parents would be spared the embarrass- ment of ever having to wrap their lips around the L-word and instead simply announce to friends and relatives, “I got The Card.” A few hugs, bittersweet tears and violin music — now there’s a Hallmark commercial! What about some cards savvy parents can buy for their clueless kids? Psssst, Honey, You’re a Bulldagger. In my case, parental denial cards would have been popular — my folks would have swooped up boatloads of It’s Just a Phase cards. Hallmark should direct their marketing to the cool parents, the ones who will purchase special occasion greetings like We’re So Glad You Came Out To Us, Mazel Tov on Bringing Your First Lover Home — She’s Adorable, and one with a little pouch inside: Here’s a Contribution to Help Defeat That Nasty Anti—Gay Candidate / Initiative. Hallmark can also make the perfect card for parents coming out to give their kids - She’s Not Really Your Auntie — parents coming out to each other — The ‘Other Man’ is a Woman — and for ex-husbands to give their gay divorcees: Here’s Your Child Support, Happy LGBTQ Pride Day! Oh yeah, Hallmark’s profits will soar. Queer greeting card sections will spring up in supermarkets across the land. They’ll stretch from the 50-pound dog chow all the way back to the yogurt case. Droves of us will crowd the aisles to pore over the new Hallmark line, inspiring some young corporate exec to earn a sweet bonus for suggesting the addition of a Saw You in the Card Aisle card. Let’s make that one have pop-up nipples. A I hope Hallmark creates special editions just for Sweetie and me, along with tens of thou- sands of our nearest and dearest, to celebrate our anniversaries of I met, our first date, first dance,?"‘l being married by.Reverend Troy“ 1 Perry at a March-on-Washington -' Wedding. Come to think of it, ' some friendly To My Ex cards would be nice, too. We can expect racks and’ racks of cards to acknowledge our’ myriad anniversaries. Sweetie and‘ I I alone are going to need cards to—' celebrate the anniversary of our first exchange of rings, commit-‘V - ment ceremony, civil union, Queer greeting? card sections will spring up in? supermarket? across the land? Droves of will crowd the aisles to poréi over the ineiif Hallmark Iinéii domestic partner registry signing; 3‘ and a special embossed flow’ery"~‘ one for the day we finally got oiiill butts down to the lawyer’s olificerl and signed our durable powersiof~‘“ attorney. We’ll need cards for drill‘ anniversaries of when we first‘ first kiss, the first time we did it,--ill’ and when we moved in togeth£,1I:-. (obviously, some dykes can econ- omize here with an all3'iI71’-orig:-fgiij card.) 7 . t . W’ The first night Sweetie . and I did it, neither of us actually slept. That could account for ‘will’: I’m going to need a card cel'eb‘r(z1‘lf ing, the anniversary of my first‘ wreck caused by sleep depriva-“F” tion, combined with driving while having her on my mind (and race: and fingers.) Hallmark will havie“ to come up with cards for all olil”, other sleeping together firsts: the‘: first night I wore my wrist by 'i V‘ braces, mouth guard, and >7