As I’ve mentioned once or twice before, I’ve recently started writing for the Gay Rights section of Change.org, an “online hub for social change.” It gives me the chance to write about various LGBT issues not necessarily focused on parenting—though I may sometimes tackle parenting issues there as well.
Here are a few of the pieces I’ve done for them lately:
- Lesbian Travel Companies Give Back: Two travel companies help you cruise with a conscience.
- Make Way for Lesbian Swans: Because gay penguins aren’t enough.
- LGBT People on TV: Will The Real L Word Show Us Reality? And do we care?
- Florida Moms Target “Inappropriate” Books: With a little help from the ultra-conservative Liberty Counsel.
- A Greener Rainbow: A humorous look at LGBT ways of being green.
One of the best things about Change.org is that it lets anyone—writers and readers alike—create petitions for various causes that will generate e-mails directly to the people who need to get them: members of Congress, state officials, business executives, and more.
I’ve started two petitions myself: one asking the city commissioners in Lake County, Florida, not to concede to the segregation and labeling of books based on “inappropriate” content, and one in support of the Equal Access to COBRA Act, which would give same-sex partners the same access as married spouses to COBRA health coverage when an employee loses a job.
There are many other petitions in almost every area of LGBT rights, as well as in Change.org’s other sections, such as women’s rights, the environment, poverty, and more. Hope you’ll check it out!
