Helen and I share viewer feedback on how Icelandic same-sex couples name their kids, and how to survive a trip to Disney World (including where to find hard-to-get Kim Possible merchandise). We also bring you updates on several celebrity lesbian moms with new babies, new wives, and new high-profile careers. Mombian: She Got me Pregnant, […]
Let’s start with a funny: Wanda Sykes is experiencing the . . . plumbing issues . . . that many of us encounter with our male infants. (Via Queerty.) School issues: School officials in Ramona, California, told sixth-grader Natalie Jones that she couldn’t share her independent study project in class like the other students. The
While you’re waiting to see if the California Supreme Court is going to announce their opinion filing on Prop 8 today, as rumored (with the actual announcement coming tomorrow), check out Can I Marry Gay?, a simple but brilliant little Web app that lets you see if the state you’re in will let you and
I wrote the other day about an escalating situation in Alameda, California, where some conservative parents are objecting to including materials about LGBT families in the elementary school diversity curriculum. This morning, at 11:15 a.m. Eastern, 9:15 a.m. Central, 8:15 a.m. Pacific, Brad Dacus, founder and president of the conservative Pacific Justice Institute will be
Lest you think Prop 8 was the only controversial LGBT issue in California: First, the Alameda School District became the target of irate right-wing parents who learned that school officials were creating elementary school lesson plans that “talked about teasing and explained the different definitions of family.” The lessons included And Tango Makes Three, a
May 17, 2004: The first legal marriages of same-sex couples in Massachusetts. Still locust-free here in the Bay State.
Helen and I bring you the inside scoop on our recent trip to Disney World, including our son’s obsession with teen secret agent Kim Possible (think Buffy meets James Bond) and our disappointment that we couldn’t find any Kim merchandise among the princess and pirate paraphernalia. We also tell you what we love about Disney
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
Family stories: SoVo talks with a lesbian and a gay man who each have lesbian moms. It’s a rare look at these “second gen-ers” who are sometimes forgotten in our haste to insist that not all LGBT parents have LGBT kids. On a related note, Brett Berk (who guest posted here last week) discusses how
In 1984, Debra Chasnoff made her first documentary film, Choosing Children, which profiled several lesbian moms who had kids after coming out—a radical idea at the time. The film, co-directed and co-produced with Kim Klausner, her children’s other mom, was selected in 2007 as one of two films that the Legacy Project, a program of
