It’s always a time of celebration when a new LGBT-inclusive storybook appears. Break out the chocolate milk and cookies, then, folks, because Todd Parr, author of LGBT-beloved works such as The Family Book and It’s Okay to Be Different, has done it again. Just in time for National Adoption Month comes We Belong Together: A […]
It’s time for this week’s video blog, published in partnership with After Ellen. This week, in our romp through the worlds of lesbian parenting and popular culture, my partner Helen and I bring you Ellen in a tutu! Gender bending on Sesame Street! Fun with dolls! Plus, a bevy of books about adoption in honor
Originally published in Bay Windows, November 1, 2007. Governor Deval Patrick recently endorsed presidential candidate Barack Obama with the Red Sox reference: “Around here, we know how to come from behind and win.” His statement underlines just how deeply sports are ingrained in American culture. Sports are also, in our society, fundamentally gendered, with different
Children’s musicians Erin Lee and Marci bring us the next of their regular posts with thematic recommendations for kid-friendly music, plus activities to make the songs an interactive experience for the whole family. I was particularly amused by their first recommendation below, as my own son often uses a similar argument. Look for Erin Lee
It’s Thursday, which means another installment of “She Got Me Pregnant,” the Mombian video blog! In this week’s episode, my partner Helen and I explain just who got whom pregnant, discuss why Melissa Etheridge makes a better guest star for Sesame Street than Britney Spears, and offer the rockin’ lesbian mom some suggestions for duets
November is National Novel Writing Month, when aspiring novelists are challenged to write a 50,000-word work (about 175 pages) in 30 days. In 2006, over 79,000 people participated and nearly 13,000 reached the 50,000-word goal. The organizers say: Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing program for everyone who has thought
CBS’s The Amazing Race will feature a lesbian couple for the first time when it starts its new season November 4, reports After Ellen. The couple, 49-year-old Kate Lewis and 65-year-old Pat Hendrickson, are both Episcopalian ministers, and should be fun to watch, especially as they compete against couples half their age and a pair
I’m proud to announce the launch of a new venture here at Mombian: the “She Got Me Pregnant” video blog. Published in partnership with After Ellen, the vlog will focus on the intersection of lesbian parenting and popular culture, covering children’s media, depictions of parenting in pop culture, and celebrity lesbian moms. I convinced my
Commentary on J. K. Rowling’s outing of Dumbledore is still flying thicker than owls in the Hogwarts Dining Hall. Michael Jensen at After Elton questions why she didn’t reveal this sooner. John Cloud, a gay writer for TIME, wishes she hadn’t said anything: But as far as we know, Dumbledore had not a single fully
Making its way across the Internet faster than a blast-ended skrewt is the news that J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, has outed Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. Speaking at Carnegie Hall in New York on Friday, she admitted she “always thought Dumbledore was gay.” Reuters reports: Rowling said Dumbledore fell in love
