Just Awesome The Harry Potter Alliance, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit “dedicated to bringing the themes of Harry Potter into the real world” announced a grassroots effort to help defeat Ref. 1 and support marriage equality in Maine. As Jeremy at Good As You said, Dumbledore would be proud. Youth and Schools Fifty-three Republicans have signed a
Appalling. Ignorant and appalling. Keith Bardwell, a Louisiana justice of the peace, has refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple, citing concerns about the effect on any children. The AP, via NPR, reports: Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came
Like many bloggers, I get a lot of PR pitches. Here are a few of the more amusing ones I’ve received lately. Some are bad pitches; others are decent pitches for dubious products. Product/company names removed to protect the clueless. “Keep these Holiday offerings in mind for that special guy in your life . .
(Originally published in Bay Windows, September 15, 2009. I think Protect Maine Equality has gained some traction since I wrote it, but I believe much of the below still holds true.) My spouse and I took our six-year-old son camping in Maine right before the school year began. I have been camping there myself since
Lest we forget, in the communal excitement and debriefing over the National Equality March: Today marks eleven years since the death of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard after a brutal gay bashing. His mother Judy Shepard, one of the LGBT community’s staunchest advocates, spoke at the March yesterday: I had the honor of meeting
The National Equality March has come and gone, and every LGBT and mainstream news outlet is covering it. I’ll leave the immediate coverage to those who were there, and plan to do a roundup later in the week of what I think are the more insightful pieces. In the meantime, let us not forget that
U.S. National News The National Equality March is taking place this weekend, and the biggest news to come out of it so far is President Obama’s upcoming speech at the HRC dinner tomorrow night. HuffPo has lined up a panel of bloggers to tell us what they think Obama should say. My favorite piece so
Yes On One, the group that wants to revoke marriage equality in Maine, launched this drivel yesterday: After the jump, Protect Maine Equality’s response. I think it’s a good one. (And yes, you really can go read pages of Who’s in a Family? on their Web site, which I think is a great idea. What’s
I’ve already written about the great news from Montana this week. Here’s what else is happening. (There’s not a whole lot, but since my last roundup was rather massive, I thought I’d keep this one light). Parenting Advice New England LGBT newspaper Bay Windows (for which I am a contributing writer) just published its Fall
Too good to wait for the weekly roundup: The Montana Supreme Court affirmed a trial court decision granting a “parental interest” to Michelle Kulstad, a lesbian mom who had been co-parenting two children legally adopted only by her ex-partner, Barbara Maniaci. Under state law, the women could not jointly adopt. Maniaci is now married to
