Children’s musicians Erin Lee and Marci bring us the next of their regular posts with thematic recommendations for kid-friendly music, plus activities to make the songs an interactive experience for the whole family. I’m posting this a wee bit early this month because I’m on vacation; you can usually find Erin Lee and Marci here […]
Publishing this early because of my vacation schedule; I’ll catch late-Friday news next week. The U.S. House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions held a hearing on workplace discrimination against transgender people, “the first ever hearing in Congress exclusively on transgender issues.” HRC has coverage here and here and here. Bilerico’s Alex Blaze has
Kermit Love, the costume designer who helped Jim Henson create Big Bird, has died at age 91. He is survived by his partner of 50 years, Christopher Lyall. Love built the Big Bird costume based on designs by Henson, and also helped design costumes and puppets for Snuffleupagus, Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster, among
A Mombian look at Boston Pride 2008: Sure, there were drag queens and dykes on bikes, too, but I think they were outnumbered by the schools and church groups. Not that that’s necessarily good or bad; just a sign of change. Besides, I’m sure no small number of them had children in the schools and
LGBT advocates in the U.K. are urging supporters to boycott Heinz products after the company pulled an ad that showed two men kissing. The TV spot for Heinz Deli Mayo, “Mayo with a New York Deli Flavor,” shows two siblings getting ready for school and asking their mum for their lunches. Thing is, their “mum”
TiVo has responded to pressure from the LGBT community and allies and taken steps to distance itself from ultra-conservative group Focus on the Family (FOF), according to the Family Equality Council (FEC). (See my earlier post on the subject.) In an e-mail to supporters, FEC executive director Jennifer Chrisler reports:
(This was a bit of local coverage I did for Bay Windows, but I think it may be of interest to anyone interested in the history of social justice movements and the interaction among various progressive groups.) Twenty years ago, when the first Gay-Straight Alliance was created, with the goal of making schools safer for
When I had the pleasure of interviewing Meema Spadola, director and producer of Our House: Kids of Gay and Lesbian Parents, she mentioned a little LGBT-inclusive children’s book that had slipped under my radar: Everywhere Babies, by Susan Meyer and illustrated by Marla Frazee. The book shows images of babies of many shapes, sizes, ethnicities,
Despite my earlier qualms, it looks like I will be online this week. I’m sitting here in the middle of King’s Canyon National Park in California, in the common room of the rustic John Muir Lodge, rough-hewn beams overhead, with six other people and their laptops, all taking advantage of the free WiFi. Gotta love
Julieta Bonazza and AnalÃÂa Puntillo of In Tristitia Hilaris, In Hilaritate Tristis and Florencia Gemetro and Gabriela Bacin of Maternidades Lesbicas were kind enough to write a guest post for Mombian about lesbian parenting in Argentina. ¡Muchas gracias! Many thanks! Becoming parents as a project for lesbian couples is relatively new in Argentina. Our families
