(Reposting this in honor of Memorial Day. Originally published in Bay Windows, January 10, 2008) Five-year-old William and three-year-old Ryan are the children of decorated U.S. Army officer Cheryl Parker. Like other children of service members, they have dealt with cross-country moves and months without their mother while she was deployed in Iraq. Unlike the […]
(Oh, the search engines are going to have fun with this post. . . .) Passing along this information; I’m not associated with the project, but I thought it might be of interest to some: An invitation from Felice Newman, author of The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Women Couples: Have you
Helen and I don tie-dye this week to celebrate the California marriage ruling. We then share various ways to include children in weddings or commitment ceremonies. With many same-sex couples having ceremonies after they have kids, it’s important to help young ones understand what the occasion is about, and make them feel a part of
Deborah Solomon recently interviewed actor and lesbian mom Cynthia Nixon in the New York Times Magazine. Jessica at Feministing, however, notes the general cluelessness of the questions. The interview starts out all right: A few years ago, you moved in with a woman, after leaving the father of your children. Do you find it easier
Tango had two dads. Now, an unnamed Little Blue Penguin at the New England Aquarium has two moms. Okay, that’s a bit misleading to readers of this blog. I had the same misconception, though, when I read the headline “Penguin ‘mothers’ make daily care a labor of love” in today’s Boston Globe. The article explains:
(Originally published in Bay Windows, May 15, 2008.) “It’s the book I wish I’d read when I was 13,” says Vermont writer Jennifer McMahon about her new young adult book, My Tiki Girl (Dutton/Penguin: May 2008). “I wish I had a time machine to send it back to my 13-year-old self. When I fell in
Two days ago, California became the second state to legalize marriage of same-sex couples. Today marks the fourth anniversary of the first legal marriages of same-sex couples in Massachusetts; the 54th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, and the 18th anniversary of when the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of mental
Helen and I bring you the first signs of what could be growing ultra-right opposition to Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, a new children’s book featuring gay guinea pigs. (Regular blog readers will know about this from my earlier post; since this video is crossposted at After Ellen, though, there’s sometimes a little overlap in order to
A bevy of stories about LGBT families of different shapes, sizes, and colors: Cathy Drake and Ilene Gottlieb of Cornwall, NY met on a blind date on Mother’s Day three years ago, reported the Hudson Valley’s Journal News last Sunday. They were celebrating not only their anniversary, however, but also the birth of their three
For those of you in the Boston Area: The Cambridge Center for Adult Education is hosting a panel discussion on same-sex parenting tonight from 8:00-9:30 p.m. at 56 Brattle St. The cost is $10. I’ll be covering the event for Bay Windows; if you’re going, make sure to say hi. (I’ll have red hair and
