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Daddy and Papa to Air Friday on WGBH

This Friday at 10:00 p.m., WGBH Boston (Channel 2) will re-air Daddy and Papa, an award-winning documentary about gay fathers by filmmaker Johnny Symons. The film premiered on PBS in 2003, but remains an insightful look at four gay families. I couldn’t find any airings other than WGBH, but if you’re not in the Boston […]

Happy Birthday, Melissa!

Lesbian mom Melissa Etheridge turns 46 today, making this a dyke national holiday of sorts. The Grammy- and Academy Award-winning musician has inspired many of us with her songs and her fight against breast cancer. She’s one of the most visible (and powerful) lesbian moms in the country, and an activist for the environment and

Big List of Free Books

Many of us bloggers are also avid readers. As parents, however, we are often short of either time or money to maintain our habits. I was thrilled, therefore, to see Sassymonkey at BlogHer point out Best Places to Get Free Books: The Ultimate Guide (a link she in turn got from fellow BlogHer contributing editor

Rosie O’Donnell Transforms Our World

TIME magazine has named actor, comedian, philanthropist and lesbian mom Rosie O’Donnell one of the TIME 100, “men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world.” TIME asked Rosie’s The View co-host Barbera Walters to write a descriptive piece about her, in which she says, “Rosie, 45, is a fine actress,

Children’s (and Adult) Activity: Blue Man Art

My preschooler has loved Blue Man Group, the offbeat musicians and entertainers, ever since he saw an exhibit featuring their PVC-pipe instruments at the Boston Children’s Museum. (Yes, we have something of a PVC-pipe obsession around here.) He loves to watch the video clips on their Web site, but his latest interest is their new

Ellen, Ten Years On

Today marks the tenth anniversary of “The Puppy Episode,” aka “The coming Out Episode” on Ellen, the comedian’s eponymous first television sitcom. GLAAD has a lengthy press release discussing the significance of the show. It was a turning point in depictions of LGBT people on television, and an empowering moment in many of our personal

Happy Birthday to Cynthia Nixon

The diligent women at After Ellen have pointed out that today is the birthday of actor and lesbian mom Cynthia Nixon. She’s one of the women on my Most Powerful Lesbian Moms in America list, so I wanted to acknowledge the joyous occasion with a virtual cake. (Don’t worry, I’ll spare you the .wav file

April Fool’s Debriefing

No, Mary Cheney is not going to appear on the next season of The L Word. You should, however, be aware of the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide, as Blogging Baby reports. In fact, a new study shows that everything is harmful to children—except, perhaps, Vanilla Chai Spice Similac. Babble’s Strollerderby has more.

Mary Cheney to Appear on Season Five of The L Word

Mary Cheney, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, will make a guest appearance on Season Five of The L Word, Showtime has announced. The out lesbian and soon-to-be mom will play the women’s basketball coach at California University, the institution where Jennifer Beals’ Bette Porter works. “We feel Mary has a look that’s just right

The L Word Season Four, Episode Twelve: The Parenting Perspective

Season Four flew by with all the speed of a toddler after cookies. In this last episode, Paige’s son Jared says he doesn’t want his mom to be a “lez.” This seems rather crass of him given the lengths Paige (and Ilene Chaiken) went to to give us a sensitivity lesson back in Episode Seven.

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