The dance music starts early here on the Norwegian Dawn, piped onto the outside decks by 7:00 a.m. I know this because some crazy notion got me up then to go for a run. The beat was motivating—but then I went down to the fitness center where all the gay men working out made even […]
To forestall any questions or confusion: I was in no way the inspiration for the character Dana in Logo’s upcoming new series The Happiest Gay Couple in the World, despite the storyline involving Dana and her partner trying to become parents. Curly hair like mine just can’t do a mullet like that. (For that matter,
My son’s new favorite TV show is PBS Kids’ Between the Lions, which teaches early-reading skills through the tales of a pair of lions and their cubs who run a library. It’s pedagogically one of the best educational shows around—though I’ll continue to save the top spot for the venerable Sesame Street. Between the Lions
Public television stations around the country are broadcasting many specials for Pride Month. Here are a few about LGBT families that caught my eye: In the greater New York area, WNET will be airing: Mom’s Apple Pie: The Heart of the Lesbian Mothers’ Custody Movement: This film, narrated by Kate Clinton, was an official selection
(Originally published on Bay Windows, June 14, 2007. Read an excerpt from the book in my post from yesterday.) When the Goodridge decision first made same-sex marriage a reality in Massachusetts, it sparked a string of jurisdictions around the country to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Beren DeMotier’s The Brides of March: Memoir
Beren DeMotier’s The Brides of March: Memoir of a Same-Sex Marriage is a raucous, personal, touching look at the brief legalization of same-sex marriage in Multnomah County, Oregon in March 2004, and its impact on her and her family. She also writes with knowing humor about the ins and outs of lesbian motherhood. I have
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
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
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
If you are still searching for the perfect Mother’s or Father’s Day gift for your partner or your own parents, you need look no further than Courting Equality: A Documentary History of America’s First Legal Same-Sex Marriages. It is a glossy, large-format work, but to call it a coffee-table book is to do it an
