September 2007

Melissa Etheridge Is Awake Now

I admit it: I love me some Melissa Etheridge. The rocker, lesbian mom, cancer survivor, environmental activist, political panelist, and all-around dyke icon has a new album coming out September 25, and I’m placing my pre-order now. (I also have two cats and love tofu; thankfully I can’t hit a softball to save my life, […]

Gaydar, Body Movement, and Hate Crimes

Body motion and type can indicate one’s sexual orientation to the casual observer, concludes a new study in the September issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, “Swagger, sway, and sexuality: Judging sexual orientation from body motion and morphology.” The researchers found “the gay subjects tended to have more gender-incongruent body types .

Back-to-School Music Ideas from Erin Lee and Marci

I interviewed children’s musicians Erin Lee and Marci after meeting them on the R Family cruise in July, and posted about their inclusive approach to children’s music as well as their escapades with an illegal Elmo. They’ve kindly agreed to do a regular guest post with thematic recommendations for kid-friendly music, as well as ways

Young Adult Book Club Celebrates GLBT Month

Literary site Young Adult Book Club has dedicated September as GLBT Month, and will be posting a variety of relevant reviews, interviews, and essays. M. E. Kerr, author of the first hardcover book about AIDS in which the protagonists were gay, is their first interviewee. Check their blog for new content every day. Thanks to

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