Sometimes we sense the paradigm changing when we least expect it. My partner and I married in Massachusetts last fall. The first time I used my marital status to obtain something, though, was for a service based out of state, from a firm not known for LGBT inclusiveness. My partner and I get our insurance […]
I’m participating in this year’s Blog Reader Project in order to find out more about you, my readers. I’m therefore asking you to take a completely anonymous survey about yourself and your interests, blog-related and otherwise. This will give me (and potential advertisers) a better sense of who you are, and will be compiled with
It’s important to keep things in perspective. Much as we rightly criticize the U.S. for its less-than ideal policies towards parents and children, especially LGBT ones, we generally do all right here in the developed world. The humanitarian organization Save the Children today released its eighth annual Mothers’ Index, ranking the best and worst places
Many months ago, I agreed in a caffeine-fueled haze to write for an upcoming parenting Web site, Offsprung. Today the site launches. Offsprung isn’t your mother’s parenting Web site, however. Instead, it’s a humor magazine designed to eviscerate the excesses of modern parenting culture. It’s offbeat, in your face, and irreverent. If you don’t like
From the “but we knew that” department: A study commissioned by the Canadian government back in 2003 has concluded that “children living with two mothers and children living with a mother and father have the same levels and qualities of social competence.” The study, based on “empirical literature,” also noted: “A few studies suggest that
If you are still searching for the perfect Mother’s or Father’s Day gift for your partner or your own parents, you need look no further than Courting Equality: A Documentary History of America’s First Legal Same-Sex Marriages. It is a glossy, large-format work, but to call it a coffee-table book is to do it an
I was driving home from Boston the other day, reflecting that if I got hit by the semi in the next lane, at least I had a legal spouse who would be able to visit me in the hospital. I began then to ponder the advances in same-sex relationship recognition over the last several weeks.
TIME magazine has named actor, comedian, philanthropist and lesbian mom Rosie O’Donnell one of the TIME 100, “men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world.” TIME asked Rosie’s The View co-host Barbera Walters to write a descriptive piece about her, in which she says, “Rosie, 45, is a fine actress,
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 (LLEHCPA), aka the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act. The Senate must now vote on the measure, although the White House has already threatened a veto. Pam’s House Blend has fuller coverage and a breakdown of the vote. The U.S.
The Family Pride Coalition is asking people to vote for their favorite among the ten finalists in the FPC Family Drawing Contest. The artists are ages 3 1/2 to 12, and clearly enjoyed depicting their families on paper. Feel awkward judging children’s art? Have your own child select the one she/he likes best. Or vote
