A high school in Indiana banned a gay student from his prom when he arrived wearing a dress. Classmates came to his defense, and now, so has Lambda Legal. In Maine, the Bangor Daily News profiles the first same-sex couple in Penobscot County to do a second-parent adoption since they became legal in the state
(Originally published in Bay Windows, January 10, 2008) Family Under Fire Iraq War vet tells of struggles to raise two sons while closeted 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
Tax-preparation software TurboTax has a number of Web pages devoted to helping people determine the tax implications of various life changes, such as changing jobs, getting married, or having children. To the right is the image they use under the title “Your Child.” They also use it in one of their television ads. Not exactly
A few miscellaneous items for your reading pleasure, collected over the holidays: Abigail Garner points out an article from the Connecticut Journal Inquirer, profiling 13-year-old Rebecca Lazarus, the daughter of two gay dads and an active advocate for LGBT families. Also in Connecticut, the Hartford Courant featured Elizabeth Kerrigan and Joanne Mock, lead plaintiffs in
The Iowa Caucuses were last night, as most of you in the U.S. are well aware. Lisa Keen has an LGBT take on them at Bay Windows, and Visible Vote has a number of posts covering the event. The California Supreme Court rejected an appeal to deny domestic partners in California the same property tax
It’s the eve of the Iowa Caucuses. I can’t believe this is the first electoral event of the 2008 campaign, which seems like it’s been going on forever now. Rather than add to the flood of commentary, I decided instead to offer the Capitol Steps’ take on our partisan nation, “Super Zealous Radicals”: More specific
I’ll start the year on a light note, with a bit of post-season haiku: Spouse is back to work Son is still awash in toys Legos underfoot And reflecting on some of the year-end political news: Oregon waylaid New Hampshire civilized now Trip to Uruguay? Feel free to leave your own contributions in the comments.
Many LGBT residents of New Hampshire are starting the new year off right by uniting under the state’s new civil union law. The Granite State is the first to pass the law without legal challenge, as Seacoast Online notes. That’s progress, much as many of us still hope for full marriage. All of New England
Originally published in Bay Windows, December 20, 2007 (online); December 27, 2007 (print). Was 2007 a good year for LGBT parents and our children? Politically, it was a mixed bag. Here are some highlights. In Massachusetts, we stopped marriage equality from going to the ballot. New Hampshire and Oregon approved relationship-recognition measures to give same-sex
Harlyn Aizley, author of Buying Dad and editor of Confessions of the Other Mother, both books that deserve a place on any lesbian mom’s bookshelf, will no longer be writing her Are You My Mothers? blog for Parents.com. She was fired by Parents.com’s parent company, Meredith Corporation, ostensibly because her blog did not generate enough
