The Family Equality Council (formerly the Family Pride Coalition) is in the midst of their strategic planning process and is looking for feedback from individuals about how they can best support LGBT families and promote family equality. They want your thoughts, regardless of whether you are already familiar with their work. If you have a […]
As reported here last July, Melissa Etheridge has appeared as a guest (several times now) on PBS Kids’ Between the Lions. Now, it’s come to my attention that fellow lesbian mom and Iron Chef Cat Cora has done a spot for the show as well—a short bit in which she enunciates and demonstrates the word
“Mass. Gay Marriages Lead To Increase In IVF” proclaims the headline at 365gay.com. Since marriage equality became law in Massachusetts, more same-sex couples are using in vitro fertilization (IVF) to create their families, they report. Samuel Pang, Medical Director of the Reproductive Science Center of New England, one of the largest such firms in the
Today marks the launch of HRC’s All Children — All Families, initiative, “aimed at finding permanent families for foster children by promoting fairness for GLBT families.” They hope to do this by educating adoption and foster care agencies (public and private) about LGBT families, and conversely, by educating the LGBT community about foster and adoptive
I’m Jewish, but we were never a very observant family. I am, however, what I’ve heard called a “culinary Jew,” which means I have a fondness (and occasional mad cravings) for certain foods of my heritage. I whipped up a bunch of latkes today when my brother and his wife came over to exchange holiday
Tennis legend Billie Jean King is the subject of a long interview in today’s Sunday Times (London), after having received the Lifetime Achievement award at the newspaper’s Sports Women of the Year banquet. She talks in depth about her career, her fight to establish a women’s tour, the much-hyped match with Bobby Riggs, being outed,
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA.) dropped a gay- and transgender-inclusive hate crimes bill, aka the Matthew Shepard Act, from the National Defense Authorization Act, bowing to pressure from House Democratic leaders. House democrats are now asking the Senate to pass a standalone hate-crimes bill. The Scottsdale, Arizona City Council
The LGBT-inclusive Hate Crimes Bill, aka the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, is dead. House Democrats removed it from the Defense Reauthorization bill to which it was attached. According to the Washington Blade, “gay-supportive Democrats who oppose the war would join more than 150 Republicans who oppose the hate crimes bill to defeat the
In this edition of our weekly video blog, brought to you in partnership with After Ellen, my partner Helen and I offer a few specific ideas and some general advice for parents and others buying gifts for children over the holidays. Plus: tattoos of your children’s names, regendered dolls, and sparkly boas! Online Videos by
(Originally published in Bay Windows, November 29, 2007.) Looking to find children’s gifts inclusive of LGBT families? Try some of these books and videos from 2007: For Young Children We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families, by Todd Parr (Little, Brown Young Readers: 2007), showcases families of many configurations. Paired phrases like “We
