Every TV news show and newspaper is publishing retrospective best-of lists for 2008. I gave in to the trend myself. Your turn, now. What were your favorite moments or events—personal, political, or otherwise—from the past year? (Leave a link if you’ve already posted on your own blog.)
Campbell Soup is the latest company to realize the value of marketing to the $650 billion LGBT market—and specifically, to lesbian moms. They have run a two-page spread for Swanson’s broth in the Advocate, featuring two lesbian moms and their young son. The women, Lea Forant and Carolyn Montgomory, are owners of Café Forant in
Who were the LGBT parents who made headlines this year in mainstream or LGBT news? Here are my top individuals or couples, in alphabetic (not rank) order. (This started as a top-ten list, but outgrew that appellation by a bit. Consider it a holiday bonus.)
A very happy Kwanzaa to those of you celebrating it today. I am not one of them, but I love how Kwanzaa shows that we can honor our heritage in new ways, with traditions rooted in the past but developed in the present. (Kwanzaa was founded in 1966, which to me counts as present in
. . . had just settled down for a long winter’s nap. Merry Christmas to those of you observing the holiday. The joys of the season to you and your families.
At this point, it’s pretty much all about the gift certificates (though if you’re celebrating Hanukkah, you might just squeak in with a mailed gift and expedited shipping before the eighth day). Amazon has gift certificates that you can e-mail or print yourself, loaded with as little as $5. (Full disclosure: I do make a
Sometimes I blog, sometimes I just play in the snow. (Actual picture of my backyard.) Posting will be light this week. I’ll probably put a few things up, though, so stop by between slices of fruitcake or latkes. I suspect I’ll be spending Thursday helping a very excited five-year-old assemble various Lego projects. (In a
A very happy first night of Hanukkah to those of you observing it. If your family comes from multiple traditions, like mine, then I wish you joy as you light up the first of the red noses on eight reindeer statues, have some latkes with eggnog, or do whatever you do to honor and celebrate
The National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS), the longest-running and largest investigation of its kind, has published two new reports, in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry and Journal of Lesbian Studies. I gave Mombian readers a sneak peek at the results in my interview with Dr. Nanette Gartrell, the lead investigator, in August. Bottom line?
The Bush administration today issued a new rule that allows federal health officials to cut off federal funding for any state or local government, hospital, clinic, health plan, doctors’ office or other entity if they do not allow employees to exercise their “right of conscience.” This means employees can refuse to help provide services that
