Passing along an announcement for a family concert by Boston’s Gay and Lesbian Freedom Trail Band: When: Saturday, February 10, 2007, at 3:30pm What: Family Concert Where: The First Parish of Watertown, 25 Church Street, Watertown, in Watertown Square. Description: Boston’s Gay and Lesbian Freedom Trail Band is presenting a Family Concert at the First […]
(Warning: Some spoilers below.) Shane took the parenting lead this week as she attempted to enroll her nine-year-old half brother Shay in elementary school. She’s still awkward about her new-found parenting role, but is making a genuine attempt to try, motivated by her own dismal childhood sexperience in foster care. We’re still waiting for her
Want to show Ilene Chaiken your sense of style? Showtime is running an “‘L’ements of Style” t-shirt contest, with the final round judged by Chaiken, model/designer Honey Labrador and Jennifer Schonborn, Executive Editor of ELLE.com. Submit ideas “inspired by The L Word” to Showtime by January 28. The Grand Prize winner receives a 3 day/2
Mark your calendars and set your Tivos. The Family Pride Coalition has announced that two of their members, dads Mark and Andy Sutherland-Travino, along with their children and great niece, will be on the Oprah Winfrey Show on January 29, “the show’s first positive portrayal of a gay family!” Family Pride says: We are absolutely
(Warning: spoilers below.) The second episode of this season’s L Word has little about parenting on the surface, but there’s more than meets the eye. The show’s lesbian moms, Tina and Bette, seem to have settled in to a custody agreement. In one scene at the Planet, Tina bemoans having to share, but agrees with
I was watching Iron Chef America the other night. Chef (and out lesbian mom) Cat Cora was cooking a dozen different things with ostrich, the episode’s “secret ingredient.” I have to admit, I love Iron Chef. The exaggerated, sports-style commentary, the kitsch . . . it’s entertainment at its best, with a few real cooking
Tonight was the last episode for ER’s lesbian mom, Dr. Kerry Weaver, played by Laura Innes. Innes is leaving after twelve years on the show, the longest run for any main character. Weaver was, to my knowledge, only one of three lesbian moms in a regular television series, the other two being the (in)famous Bette
If you missed tonight’s season premiere of The L Word, you can view it on the Showtime L Word Web site. This seems like a limited-time freebie to entice you to get Showtime. Up to you if you’re vulnerable to that sort of marketing. Note, however, that the “exclusive designer top” you get with your
The Dog Who Was a Cat Inside, by Siri Melchior, is a delightful, touching video short about a dog struggling with his inner cat. It’s just over three minutes long, and worth the time. Thanks to Nadine at Blogging Baby for highlighting it as her Video of the Day. She writes, and I couldn’t put
My partner, parents, and I are sitting here howling with laughter as we listen to an online stream of the Capitol Steps New Year’s Eve 2006 concert, Politics Takes a Holiday. The Steps do brilliant political satire. They began as a group of U. S. Senate staffers, but have expanded to include professional musicians as
