My partner's Commencement Ceremony was a bitter-sweet moment for the both of us.
When she lost her job two years ago, our options were extremely limited. The only way for her to stay, and for our relationship to survive, was to go back to school.
It wasn't an easy decision. Independent as she is, it was hard for her to have to lean on me for financial assistance. For me, living paycheck-to-paycheck again was a rude awakening-I had to bid farewell to the financial freedom I thought I had obtained upon graduation.
But fate is not done with us yet. Her years of experience and newly acquired MBA degree were faced with the worse economic crisis of our time, and so far the crisis is winning: employers bail as soon as the word "sponsorship" is mentioned.
It shouldn't have to be this way. If we were a straight couple none of this would have been a problem. I would have been able to sponsor her for her greencard and remove the biggest obstacle in her job search.
But I can't.
I never thought I'd become an activist, much less a gay activist. But here I'm, with everything I have, fighting for our rights to be together. Yes, frustration and desperation set in at times, but every time I look at her, I know I can't give up.
The government has no right to stamp an expiration date on our relationship.
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