Holidays

“It Gets Better” Says Rudolph

Maybe it’s the fact that my last name is the same as the famous reindeer, but I couldn’t help writing a little piece over at Change.org on what Rudolph might say as part of the It Gets Better campaign in support of LGBT youth. Hope you’ll go have a read. And who here also thinks […]

A Gift Guide to Media for LGBT Families

2010 brought us a number of excellent films—and a few books—about LGBT families. Here are some you may want to add to your holiday list. Mom’s Apple Pie: The Heart of the Lesbian Mothers’ Custody Movement, a documentary by Jody Laine, Shan Ottey and Shad Reinstein, gives us a look at early custody cases involving

Harry Potter: Get a Clue

One of the joys of the holiday season around our house is new board games, because we’re geeky like that. We spent the entire first night of Hanukkah (after the candles and an obligatory dreidel round) playing Clue: Harry Potter Edition. Now, I’m usually a skeptic when it comes to movie-tie-in versions of games. Just

Happy Hanukkah!

Happy Hanukkah to everyone celebrating tonight!

And what better way to celebrate here than with lesbian klezmer music?

Happy Turkey Baster Awareness Day 2010

A very happy Thanksgiving to all of you celebrating it this week. Remember to make the turkey baster jokes before your relatives do. Posting will be light here for a few days as our family will be stuffing ourselves with poultry and pie.

Pre-Thanksgiving Open Thread

Yes, we’re sliding towards the holidays, and I’m about to head into the kitchen to make my family-famous cranbanero sauce. (Cranberries . . . habaneros . . . hazmat labels.) I’ve always thought Thanksgiving should be one of those eight-day holidays, because between the preparation and the leftovers it always seems to last that long,

A Day for Triple Remembrance

Today marks the Transgender Day of Remembrance, the National Survivors of Suicide Day, and National Adoption Day.

“She Got Me Pregnant”: Episode 118

Helen and I share some of the things—silly and not—that we are thankful for this Thanksgiving season. Mombian: She Got Me Pregnant, 11-17-2010 Uploaded by drudolph. – More gay and lesbian lifestyle videos. (If the embedded video above doesn’t work for you, try it at Dailymotion.) Brought to you in partnership with After Ellen.

Halloween Open Thread

No, it’s not Halloween quite yet, but I thought it would be fun for us to share some holiday cheer. Leave a comment with something related to Halloween—your kids’ (or your) costume choices, favorite costume from the past, favorite candy (dark chocolate Hershey’s Miniatures, me), favorite holiday recipe or craft, etc. I haven’t tried them

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