If you have any interest in gender variance, self-expression, taking no nonsense from bigots, or a mother’s love, go read “My son is gay,” by Cop’s Wife over at Nerdy Apple Bottom. It’s an amazing piece, and well worth your time.
By now, you would have to have been living on another planet not to know the story of Constance McMillen, whose Mississippi high school canceled its prom after she told officials she wanted to bring her girlfriend and wear a tux. What most news channels have missed, however, is that Constance’s mother is also a
The Church of Sweden consecrated its first openly gay bishop Sunday, making lesbian mom Eva Brunne Bishop of Stockholm. According to Agence France-Presse (via the Advocate), Brunne is in a civil partnership with a woman, and they have a three-year-old child. By pure coincidence, Helen and I spent Sunday assembling IKEA furniture for our son’s
Comedian and actor Wanda Sykes, who came out last fall and last week entertained at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, has just announced that she is also a mom! Sykes and her spouse Alex (last name unknown) welcomed twins Olivia Lou and Lucas Claude on April 27th. Kudos to them for taking the first few
In what seems like a propitious week, Iron Chef Cat Cora’s wife Jennifer gave birth to the couple’s third son last Saturday, After Ellen reports. Cat Cora is also pregnant, and due in July. After Ellen also notes that Chef Cora will be opening a restaurant in Disney World this fall. I’m kind of bummed
Iron chef and lesbian mom Cat Cora is four-and-a-half months pregnant! She and her partner Jennifer already have two sons and Jennifer is also pregnant and due in April. The couple isn’t wasting any time expanding their family. (Cora is 41, which may explain the rush.) PR Newswire gives us the details: The Cora’s [sic]
Very best wishes to Nina Smith of Queercents and her partner Jeanine, who just became parents of a newborn son named Sam. Nina has blogged openly about the financial and emotional aspects of her journey to parenthood. I am sure she will be equally insightful about the financial aspects of being a parent. (But I’ll
People magazine has the first photos of transgender man Thomas Beatie and his daughter, Susan Juliette. Towleroad has some beautiful stills from Good Morning America’s coverage yesterday. From what Beatie says, the family is settling in to being a family. Can’t ask for more than that.
Thomas Beatie and his wife Nancy welcomed a baby girl into the world last Sunday. Beatie, a transgender man, made headlines in March when he announced he was pregnant. Best wishes to the new family. May they have the privacy and peace their young one needs while they also continue to help shift attitudes. Kudos
Four heroes in the news: Trans activist Jenn Burleton, founder and executive director of TransActive Education & Advocacy, a Portland, Oregon based organization that works with parents and schools to support transgender and gender-variant children. 18-year-old student Clyde Calloway, for helping to organize a Gay-Straight Alliance at his high school in rural Kentucky, despite threats
