A few stories from round and about:
- “Gay woman’s home is haven for struggling youths” from Lower Hudson Online, is about Mary Keane, a single mother and lesbian in Westchester County, New York, who has opened her home to 18 foster or adopted children, some gay or lesbian and some straight. (Thanks, PageOneQ.)
- “Gay life: Change and challenge,” from CNN, profiles two lesbian moms as well as a gay man who was discharged from the Army under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” The moms moved from Oklahoma to Massachusetts so they could both become legal parents to their son, validate their relationship, and have greater acceptance at work. They are now returning to Oklahoma, a move that highlights the difficulties same-sex couples face when crossing state lines. (Thanks, Wayne.)
- “Lesbian Couple With Twin Girls Say They Deserve Same Rights As Others,” from NY1 in Staten Island is a nice, supportive introduction to a same-sex family, in a fairly standard mass-media way. I don’t like the introductory sentence, though, which sounds a bit dramatic: “As we continue to mark Pride Week here on NY1, we turn to a Staten Island family that’s re-defining the meaning of family.” Even though the moms recognize their family’s differences, they also convey that family means love, care, and attention—which, last time I checked, was part of anyone’s definition of the term. Still, the article is a positive one, and notable for not including any quotes from ultra conservatives.