(Originally published with slight variation in Bay Windows, October 16, 2008. Photo: Marilyn Humphries.) Saving Marriage, a documentary about the fight for marriage equality in Massachusetts, will have its Boston theatrical premiere Oct. 17 at the Landmark Kendall Square. The film’s Boston-based editor, Paula Gauthier, couldn’t be happier. “It’s a gift back for the people […]
I’m vlogging alone this week while Helen is away on business, so I offer some tips for other traveling parents and the ones staying home. I also discuss the theatrical release of a new movie documenting the fight for marriage equality in Massachusetts, Mary Cheney’s not-so-excellent dinner, and a lesbian mom presidential candidate. Watch Mombian:
This week, Helen and I offer our parenting perspectives on recent news about celebrity lesbian moms Melissa and Tammy Etheridge and Rosie O’Donnell. What would happen if moms showed off their parenting talents on Rosie’s upcoming variety show? We also wonder why there aren’t more celebrity gay dads, despite the recent addition of singer Clay
Best wishes to two of the world’s most famous lesbian moms, Melissa and Tammy Etheridge, who have revealed they will legally wed. As Tammy noted on her blog, however, the couple were wed (without the legal approval) on September 20, 2003. “darlin’, i AM married,” she writes. “now, do you mean, do i want to
Quick: How many famous gay dads can you name? For me, the answer is “Not many.” While most of us can reel off at least a few names of famous lesbian moms, starting with Melissa and Rosie (if not the whole list of Most Powerful Lesbian Moms in America), I think we’d be hard pressed
Ellen Degeneres revealed she is the new face of Cover Girl barely a week after the first smear in the lipstick wars between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama. {democracy:13}
Hele and I start our vlog this week with a discussion of Ellen and Portia’s potential as parents. We then bring you some dyke-sized craft projects involving large boxes and lots of duct tape, with a little inspiration from my mom. Online Videos by Veoh.com (If the Veoh video above doesn’t work, try it at
Could Lindsay Lohan and rumored girlfriend Samantha Ronson be starting a rumored family? Gossip site PerezHilton.com brings us scuttlebutt from the U.K.’s fine bastion of journalism, News of the World, which says the two are considering parenthood. Hmm. Could it be mere coincidence that Lohan is starring in a new movie titled Labor Pains, whose
A bit of celebrinews to start the week: In an interview for Newsweek about her wedding, Ellen Degeneres was asked whether she and spouse Portia De Rossi were thinking about children: Are you going to have kids? I don’t know. They’re cute, but they’re a lot of trouble. There’s always something to worry about at
We now interrupt back-to-school time and Sarah-Palin watching with a very important announcement: As I (and many of you) predicted, it is Leisha Hailey (and her character Alice Pieszecki) who will star in a spinoff of The L Word, After Ellen reports. The final season of The L Word will air in January and set
