A follow up to my earlier post on TiVo and Focus on the Family: Both the Family Equality Council and Box Turtle Bulletin are asking people to submit entries about super LGBT dads to the FOF contest and then to send them copies of the entries, which FOF is screening out. (I’m assuming the same […]
If you missed Quads with Two Moms, the Discovery Health show I mentioned yesterday, you can catch it again June 14 at 2 p.m. Eastern and July 6 at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. Here’s my quick take: It’s a good documentary, although the whizzy graphics and zippy scene cuts at the beginning struck me
Thanks to Terrance at Republic of T for his serendipitous sighting of an ad for Quads with Two Moms, which will air tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern on Discovery Health as part of their Baby Week coverage. I wrote back in March about another lesbian couple who had quads. In that story, one woman carried
(Originally published in my newspaper column.) “There’s a huge difference between being gay and being trans,” affirms LGBT activist and parent Marti Abernathey. Many would agree, but Abernathey has a rare perspective: she is transgender and has a gay son. Despite their differences, though, she feels they share a certain bond: “In the whole coming
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled today that the state must enforce a Vermont court order awarding child-visitation rights to Janet Jenkins, a non-biological lesbian mom locked in a custody battle with her former partner, Lisa Miller. The Court rejected Miller’s claim that Virginia law and a state constitutional amendment against same-sex unions (including ones from
Helen and I discuss the DVD release of Meema Spadola’s award-winning Our House: Kids of Gay and Lesbian Parents, which profiles the pre-teen and teen children of five lesbian and gay families. We also share two funny anecdotes about trying to explain marriage and family creation to a preschooler. Finally, in honor of Pride Month,
Helen and I celebrate our 30th vlog with a special edition on kids and video games, specifically, younger children and Web-based games. We’re tackling this topic in conjunction with Angela and Tracy of Lesbiangamers.com, who will be doing an upcoming episode of their vlog Gay Girls Who Game that looks at older kids and other
My son and I were watching the French Open today. Last weekend, we caught some English soccer (aka “football”), and we regularly watch the Red Sox, especially when my dad’s around. I know Helen and I have made an effort to expose our son to professional sports as well as getting him involved in playing
Here are a few recent items of interest for children of LGBT parents, and one (mostly) for children of non-LGBT parents: The 2002 film Our House: A Very Real Documentary About Kids of Gay & Lesbian Parents has been re-released on DVD. I haven’t seen it myself, but Abigail Garner recommends it, and that’s good
(Originally published in Bay Windows, May 22, 2008.) Photo (L to R): Jarrett Barrios, David Trueblood, Rick Wellisch, Polly Crozier, Kelly Lawrence. “You cannot figure out being a parent by yourself,” asserted David Trueblood, a gay dad and director of public relations for the Boston Foundation. He was speaking at the Cambridge Center for Adult
