The Daring Book for Girls, by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz, is the distaff version of the bestselling The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden. Like its male version, The Daring Book is a throwback to the children’s encyclopedias and magazines of old, full of games, activities, and bits of information […]
For those of you observing Thanksgiving this week, here’s wishing you and your families a very happy time. Don’t let the extended family get on your nerves—just show them these cute Orka basters from Target (via Amazon), and tell them you hope using the right color will influence the gender of your next child. See
Today marks the 9th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, “set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.” The event organizers explain: The event honors Rita Hester, whose murder in 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Since then, the
A very happy 45th birthday today to Jodie Foster, who, while never officially saying she’s a lesbian, has two children who bear both her last name and that of Cydney Bernard, the woman rumored to be her partner. Good enough for me to wish her a very happy Mombian birthday. Regardless of how she identifies
A few weeks ago, I wrote of the new DVD series Dottie’s Magic Pockets, the first show targeting children of LGBT families. Now comes news of the second such show, and the first fully animated one, BuddyG: My Two Moms and Me. As with Dottie, BuddyG is a labor of love, time, and money by
Passing along this invitation from the Family Equality Council. We may try to be at the event with our son, although this being both cold and holiday season, nothing is certain. If you’re going, too, though, drop me a note. I’d love to say hi in person. The Family Equality Council is hosting its first
I just bought myself the mixer of my dreams: the Kitchenaid 600, a 6-quart, 575-watt beauty. I’d been eying it for some time, since I’ve gotten into bread making in a big way since staying home with my son. I thought about the smaller and cheaper 5-quart model, but decided to hold out. Yesterday, however,
The U.S. Senate and House are arguing over the LGBT-inclusive hate-crimes provision attached to the 2008 defense authorization bill. The Senate approved the bill but now House Armed Services Committee leaders are concerned they do not have enough votes to pass the bill with the hate-crimes provision included. At this point, a vote on the
Originally published in Bay Windows, November 13, 2007 (which explains the Massachusetts bias). See also this recent article about a similar initiative in Toronto. LGBT parents and educators in the Boston area are the source of one of the most comprehensive new resources for making elementary schools across the country more welcoming for all types
