On Tuesday, NASA Commander Pamela Melroy is scheduled to blast off in the space shuttle Discovery, headed for the International Space Station (ISS), where she will be met by ISS Commander Peggy Whitson. This is the first time women have been in command of both the shuttle and the ISS at the same time. The […]
The genderless version of ENDA passed out of committee. Out Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) will attach an amendment putting gender identity and expression back in, before the bill reaches the floor. Gay Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), who had earlier argued for removing gender protections in order to pass the bill, is now urging his colleagues
There’s a bit of legislative weather blowing in for LGBT parents right now, with two critical federal votes set to happen in the next week or so. On the LGBT front, the much-debated Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) should move through the House Education and Labor Committee Thursday. The United ENDA coalition, which represents over 300
Continuing my Family Voices series with the next post by a member of COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere). Below, Scout talks about having both gay parents and gay grandparents, dealing with bias against her disability and her family, and watching her grandfathers marry after being committed to each other for over 50 years.
It’s Blog Action Day today, when bloggers around the world are encouraged to write about a single issue. This year, it’s the environment. Given that this is a parenting blog, however, I want to tackle this from a parent’s perspective. When I think about parenting and the environment, two things spring to mind. One is
As we all know, it’s a slippery slope. If you legalize marriage for same-sex couples, then marriage between humans and robots is soon to follow. Well, not exactly. Human-robot love is inevitable, however, and could first become legal in Massachusetts, according to Dr. David Levy of the University of Maastricht. In his Ph.D thesis, as
This evening, HRC released the following statement regarding ENDA: The Human Rights Campaign has collaborated with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to craft a solution to the controversy surrounding the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Today, in a meeting with HRC and other gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender advocacy groups, Speaker Pelosi took an unprecedented step and committed
I’m posting below (with permission) an op-ed by Matt Foreman, Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. In it, he brings us up to date with what NGLTF has been doing to push for a version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) that includes protections for gender identity and expression. Not all
The Family Pride Coalition has today changed its name to the Family Equality Council (FEC) and launched a new Web site. Many of us are familiar with Family Pride from their work coordinating Family Week in Provincetown and organizing LGBT families to attend the White House Egg Roll. David Jacques, eCommunications Coordinator for FEC, below
Continuing my Family Voices series with the second post by a member of COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere). Below, Jonathan shares a bit of his “lovably bizarre” family, talks about his experience as the son of a transgender father, and reminds us of the importance of keeping a sense of humor. Tell us
