A few items on LGBT families that didn’t make my Political Roundup yesterday: Australia’s The Age has a lengthy article on gay and lesbian parents and our families. Mostly familiar territory for those of us in the LGBT community, but interesting for those of us not in Australia. In that vein, I will repeat one
A new poll shows that nearly two-thirds of American adults believe it is unfair that federal law allows an employer to fire someone because they are gay or lesbian. Sixty percent of non-LGBT adults were not aware that federal law allows this. Nearly 80 percent of non-LGBT people also feel an employee should be judged
The New York Times reported today on the Evesham, New Jersey School District’s decision to uphold a ban on the film That’s a Family, because of its inclusion of children with same-sex parents. (See my post on the matter.) The Times tries to remain a neutral reporter, offering opinions both for and against showing such
A few articles about lesbian moms came to my attention this week: Michael Gartner writes in USA Today: “My cute grandson is one of more than 1,400 children living in Iowa households headed by same-sex couples.” It’s a great piece by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, blending both personal anecdote and hard data to show that
The Vancouver Sun gets the Headline Faux Pas Award of the week for stating “Same-sex marriages popular among couples with kids.” Despite the misplaced modifier, they in fact provide some very interesting data from the just-released 2006 Canadian census, the first to count same-sex married couples. Same-sex couples with children are far more likely to
September is National Preparedness Month. Didn’t know that? It’s an observance first created in 2004 by presidential proclamation and given a certain ironic twist in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina swept through at the end of August, making September an object lesson. The month is supposed to be “an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance
In honor of all the victims of the tragedy of 9/11 and its aftermath, their families, and friends. May we all work in whatever way we can for a safer, more peaceful world for our children.
Political diversity could be the result of neurological differences, imply new findings by scientists at New York University. In a simple button-pushing test, those self-identified as liberal were more able to respond to new stimuli than those self-identified as conservative. The scientists think this has a neurological basis: Brain recordings taken using electroencephalogram (EEG) technology
A lesbian mom in Texas is in a custody battle with her ex-partner’s uncle, the former couple’s known sperm donor. Tamila Payne says she tried to accommodate the donor’s wishes and let her son spend every other week with him, but the boy’s growing reluctance made her stop. Now the donor is suing for custody
The second round of hearings on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) got underway in the House. Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, calls it “a watershed moment.” It’s bad enough when no Republican candidates support marriage equality or gays and lesbians in the military. It’s worse when one doesn’t
