I wrote this a few months ago (with slight modification) for Vanessa Van Petten’s Teens Today blog. She had asked me to share some resources for her audience of mostly straight parents who want to talk with their teenagers, LGBT and not, about LGBT issues. I realize most of my readers at Mombian are more […]
The Grossmont Union High School District in California voted 4-0 yesterday in support of Proposition 8, the November ballot initiative that would ban marriage of same-sex couples in California. It is believed to be the first public school board in the state to do so. The San Diego Union-Tribune notes that some supporters of the
This week, Helen and I respond to viewer feedback about kids and homophobia, and discuss what to do if parents of your children’s friends are homophobic. We also offer our perspective on the new DVD Finn’s Girl, which features a widowed lesbian mom trying to balance career and her rebellious 11-year-old daughter. Is it a
Entrepreneur.com published an article today titled “A Long-Term Commitment,” about how marketing to the LGBT community goes beyond taking advantage of the wedding boom in California. The reporter, Elizabeth Wilson, spoke with me for the article and included some of my thoughts. She also quotes Nina Smith of Queercents, among others. Entrepreneur isn’t the first
A patron at Douglas County Libraries in Colorado has submitted the first known challenge to Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, a children’s book by Massachusetts author Sarah Brannen that features two gay guinea pigs. In an e-mail to library director James LaRue on June 26, Parker, Colo., resident Anita Gohde formally asked that the book be removed
Helen and I bring news of a challenge to Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, the children’s book about gay guinea pigs (see SGMP 18 and 22), and a librarian’s thoughtful response. We also continue our discussion from last week about kids and homophobia, and talk about how to prepare our children, educate educators, and find allies. Online
After Ellen brought us news late last week that there is an L Word spinoff in development. After the show finishes its sixth and final season next year, one storyline will be carried into an online series that will then segue into the new series, if Showtime approves it. The new show will star one
Helen and I highlight a new guide for parents of transgender kids and, on the other side, one for kids of transgender parents. (Regular readers may have seen my written piece on these books earlier in the week. It’s only the first couple of minutes of the vlog, though, so you won’t get bored if
Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, the children’s book about a young guinea pig named Chloe and her uncle who marries his boyfriend, has received its first challenge. A patron at Douglas County Libraries in Colorado asked that the book either be removed from the shelves, placed in a special area, or labeled “some material may be inappropriate
As promised earlier, here is the contest to win a copy of BuddyG: My Two Moms and Me, the first fully animated show featuring a child of LGBT parents! Margaux Towne-Colley and Donna Colley, the women behind BuddyG, have offered a free copy to a Mombian reader, and they’re throwing in some temporary tattoos as
