Last Monday, I posted an interview with Tina Owen, one of the winners of this year’s Point Foundation scholarships. Today, the other Point Scholar who is also a parent, Utah resident Kim Hackford-Peer, gives us her thoughts on winning the scholarship, parenting, and education. Kim is pursuing her PhD in Education Culture and Society at
A happy day to all the dads, GBT and not, as well as the lesbian parents who choose to celebrate this day as theirs. I’ll leave the day to you, and not offer any post of my own, except to point readers to a couple of posts by two of my favorite bloggers, who each
Public television stations around the country are broadcasting many specials for Pride Month. Here are a few about LGBT families that caught my eye: In the greater New York area, WNET will be airing: Mom’s Apple Pie: The Heart of the Lesbian Mothers’ Custody Movement: This film, narrated by Kate Clinton, was an official selection
If you are as incensed as I am over the recent recall of millions of Thomas the Tank Engine trains, you might want to pop over to MomsRising and sign their petition to tell Congress and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC): “Testing children’s products for toxic chemicals must be a priority. No more toxic
Parenting megasite Babble has just launched Babblepedia, a Wikipedia-like “Encyclopedia of Parenting Knowledge” that “anyone can edit.” It’s a great idea, though the usual cautions apply about doing your own thorough research before believing anything you read online. Here’s the action item: Go contribute to Babblepedia to make sure LGBT families are well represented. Many
This cartoon, published Sunday by Berkeley Breathed in the Washington Post and elsewhere, shows two boys discussing a third, who has two moms. After one says it’s “cool,” the other says “Makes you wonder how he’ll do without a male role model in the house.” At this moment, a television comes flying out the window
This news struck fear into my heart at the thought of having to take away some of my son’s favorite toys: The manufacturer of the popular Thomas & Friends wooden trains is recalling a number of models because of a high level of lead in the surface paint. It recommends you take the trains away
Beren DeMotier’s The Brides of March: Memoir of a Same-Sex Marriage is a raucous, personal, touching look at the brief legalization of same-sex marriage in Multnomah County, Oregon in March 2004, and its impact on her and her family. She also writes with knowing humor about the ins and outs of lesbian motherhood. I have
With Father’s Day coming up this weekend, it’s appropriate that this week’s Family Voices interview is with gay dad Jeff, who lives in New York City with his partner John and their son Marcus. He talks of adopting from Cambodia, being active in his son’s school, incorporating multiple religious traditions into their lives, and more.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down the remaining interracial marriage bans in 16 states in the U.S. I needn’t belabor the parallel between the struggle to end interracial-marriage bans and our current fight to legalize same-sex marriage—most readers here know it all too
