Women’s History Month is coming to a close, but I wanted to make sure I included the poem “Heroines” by poet and lesbian icon Adrienne Rich in my series of quotes about women and history. I am cutting here for purposes of length and copyright, but that is doing some injustice to Rich’s work. I […]
Originally published in Bay Windows, March 22, 2007.) Policy Issues Affecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Families sounds like the kind of book that gathers dust on the shelves of politicians and policy wonks. Sean Cahill, Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) Policy Institute, and Sarah Tobias, who has been a
Last week’s episode featured the clever parenting trick of using code words to deceive your children. This week, we see yet another childhood staple—kids plotting with one parent to deceive the other. It’s not as evil as it sounds—I’m talking about surprise birthday presents here, not anything with malicious intent. Shane conspires with Paige’s son
Today is Rosie O’Donnell’s birthday, and I want to wish her all the best. Always outspoken, often controversial, she is nevertheless a champion of LGBT families and children in general, and one of the most visible lesbian moms in the U.S. Love her or hate her, she’s one of us. I can’t condone everything she’s
I’m always happy when I find new authors who have written books featuring LGBT families. I’m also happy when I find strong straight allies of the LGBT community. Canadian Heather Jopling is both—though in fact, “ally” is too weak a term. She is the author of Ryan’s Mom is Tall, Monika’s Papa Is Tall, and
The first episode of Work Out, Season Two, starring lesbian fitness trainer Jackie Warner, is available now—two days before premiering on television—for free download on iTunes. (Thanks to After Ellen for the tip.) I’m a fan of the show, despite its editing for melodrama. Jackie is a successful woman with a good business sense as
Children are minimal this episode, but it nonetheless touches on one of the great arts of parenting: hiding parts of a conversation from your kids. “I’ve missed you,” Paige tells Shane as they sit at a table with Paige’s ten-year-old son Jared. “And I’ve missed our, um . . . our, um story time. That
Showtime has announced it has ordered a fifth season of The L Word, promising us lots more of the lovely ladies in Los Angeles. Because I’ve been writing a series that reviews The L Word from a parenting perspective, I thought it would be appropriate to acknowledge Season Five with a song about the letter
“I’m his father. Any court will look favorably on that.” (Warning: spoilers below.) So says Shane’s ne’er-do-well father Gabe, who has reappeared from nowhere after running out on his family at the end of Season Three. Gabe wants to take back his son, Shane’s nine-year-old brother Shay, whom Shay has been parenting for some months
Confessions of the Other Mother: Non-Biological Lesbian Moms Tell All, a collection of essays exploring the many facets of non-biological parenthood, is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards in the Anthology category. Lesbian-parent bloggers Robin Reagler and Polly Pagenhart are among the contributors. Congratulations to them, editor Harlyn Aizley, and the rest of the
