Many of you may have heard that openly lesbian Johanna Sigurdardottir was picked by Iceland’s Social Democratic Alliance Party to be the country’s next prime minister. The news gets even better, though: Johanna Sigurdardottir and her spouse Jonina Leosdottir, an author and playwright, have two adult sons (via Sigurdardottir’s previous marriage), making Sigurdardottir not only the […]
LGBT parenting news from here and there: The Ohio Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of a lower court ruling that upheld the joint parenting agreement between two former partners. One partner has tried to use the state ban on same-sex marriage and “marriage substitutes” to void the agreement and deny the other woman
Earlier this week, I mentioned that KABC-TV in California had refused to air an ad featuring a gay black couple with five kids. The marriage equality group GetToKnowUsFirst.org, which produced the ad, wanted it to run during the presidential inauguration. Other channels in California aired it. The media buyer for GetToKnowUsFirst’s ad agency reported, “[KABC-TV]
Some new guy moved into this house on Pennsylvania Avenue. . . . Says he wants to improve LGBT rights, education, healthcare, women’s rights, and strengthen families, not to mention fix the economy, protect the environment, and end the war in Iraq, among other things. Hope he still has time to read his girls a
I was traveling over the past two days, so there’s no “She Got Me Pregnant” vlog this week, I’m afraid. Instead, please enjoy this series of five public-service ads featuring happy lesbian and gay families. The ads are a production of Get to Know Us First, a non-profit group sponsored by Power Up! films. The
I’ve spent Inauguration Day in transit between Boston and New York in preparation for my keynote at the Working Mother “L-Moms and Allies Breakfast,” catching most of the ceremony in the departure lounge. I wrote up my thoughts for now-President Obama a few days ago, though, so I am therefore taking today just to revel
We love us some Legos here at the Mombian household, and have played with little else since our son received a few new sets over the holidays. Still, I am humbled by the Legoland California recreation of President Obama’s Inauguration. I didn’t spot a little (B)Rick Warren, but I may go build one myself and
I wrote a letter to President-elect Obama with some thoughts about his upcoming presidency from my perspective as a lesbian mom. I can’t speak for all of us, but I hope some of my ideas find resonance. The letter also ran as my column in 365gay.com last week. I can’t crosspost it yet, but since
For the first time, an LGBT band will be participating in a presidential Inaugural Parade.* Blogger Mike Rogers of PageOneQ is organizing a blog action this weekend in support of the band, who must, like others, pay their own way to DC. Please consider making a donation to the band and/or posting about this effort
During the 1996 Illinois Senate race, Barack Obama asserted, “I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages,” a distinct change from his current position. The Washington Blade reports that three more openly LGBT people will serve in the Obama administration, David Medina, as deputy chief of staff for Michelle Obama,
