Is it just me, or have Hillary Clinton and Mary Cheney been sporting some rather similar hairdos over the years? What could it all mean? Do they share some strange bond? Does this explain Hillary’s initial hawkishness on the war? Or Mary’s support for marriage equality in the face of her party’s opposition? Dorothy Snarker […]
(First, just a note to say that I didn’t post my usual Weekly Political Roundup last Friday because I thought the HRC/LOGO Presidential Forum was enough politics to hold us for a while. I’ll incorporate outstanding items from last week into this Friday’s update.) Presidential candidate Chris Dodd, who missed Thursday’s HRC/LOGO Presidential Forum because
(In my analysis of Thursday’s HRC/LOGO Presidential Forum, I mentioned that schools should teach about LGBT families and the acceptance of diversity from day one. It’s coincidental that I wrote this piece for Bay Windows this week, but I think it’s appropriate.) The song “Fine By Me,” by children’s musicians Erin Lee Kelly and Marci
The HRC/LOGO Presidential Forum last night didn’t bring any surprises, but was nonetheless a significant moment in LGBT history. We are a constituency that major candidates must take time to cultivate, even more so than in 2004. Below are my thoughts on the forum. For a more detailed blow-by-blow of the action, visit Visible Vote
Taking a break from the political posts engendered by the Visible Vote forum, I’m happy to report that actor Sara Gilbert and her partner Allison Adler welcomed their daughter Sawyer into the world on August 2. The couple already has a three-year-old son, Levi. Gilbert is best known for her role as Roseanne Barr’s daughter
Tonight’s HRC/LOGO Presidential Forum will be a groundbreaking event, regardless of what is said. To have major presidential candidates discuss LGBT issues in a focused setting is a significant step forward in acceptance and awareness. Mainstream media is covering the event. All of the Democratic candidates will be there, except for Chris Dodd and Joe
I don’t identify as butch, despite a predilection for sports and an aversion to high heels. I prefer to think of myself as a middle-of-the road sort of gal, although I did femme it up a bit when working in the corporate world. At five feet tall, I found it paid to make an effort
This made the rounds last fall (I saw it via Damn Straight), but I noticed that Daily Dose of Queer had it up again, and I thought it was worth a reprise. The Dutch children’s chorus Kinderen voor Kinderen produces a yearly album and associated concerts. One song last year was the touching “Twee Vaders,”
I was going to ask readers to take the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) survey of parents, which they’re conducting “to keep our products as up-to-date and informative as possible.” I wanted to make sure the AAP has plenty of input from LGBT parents on questions like “Please think back to when you were a
DVDs and videos such as “Baby Einstein” and “Brainy Baby” may hinder, rather than help babies acquire language skills, according to a new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics. The scientists found that for every hour per day spent watching baby DVDs and videos, infants understood an average of six to eight fewer words
