I was going to put this in my Weekly Political Update, but decided it deserved a post of its own: Officials from the Lexington, Massachusetts school district asked a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit of two couples who claim their parental rights were violated when books depicting same-sex families were discussed in their children’s […]
Quote of the day, from New York Representative Gary Ackerman: For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists. They’re very brave with the terrorists, and if the terrorists ever got ahold of this information, they’d get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad. Ackerman
There must be some cosmic transposition going on in the lesbian blog world today. I’m writing about entertainment news, and AfterEllen is writing about Elmo. AfterEllen’s ScribeGrrrl reports on a serious matter, though. The Bush Administration wants to slash the budget of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She relates that according to TV Squad, “A
The Washington Post has a lengthy article on the child-custody case involving former partners Janet and Lisa Miller-Jenkins. (I’ve covered this case several times before.) The Post says: These lawyers . . . are debating questions so profound that the answers have the power to affect legions of families gay and straight: Who is a
The Family Pride Coalition is once again organizing a contingent of LGBTQ families to participate in the White House Egg Roll. They explain: With your help, on April 9th, hundreds of LGBTQ-parented families will fill the White House Lawn, rolling easter eggs side by side with our fellow citizens. At Family Pride, we believe that
Some good, some bad, and some ugly this week: The federal First Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on March 7 in Cook v. Gates (formerly Cook v. Rumsfeld [Ha! -Ed.]), a constitutional challenge to the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on LGB service members. Senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton also
Mary Cheney spoke publicly for the first time about her decision to become pregnant. The New York Times has the full story, including her assertion: “This is a baby. This is a blessing from God. It is not a political statement. It is not a prop to be used in a debate by people on
A little over a week ago, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) launched its Family Protection Project (FPP), to improve access to family law services for low-income LGBT families and to offer training on LGBT issues to the attorneys who provide those services. Attorney Cathy Sakimura, Equal Justice Works Fellow at NCLR and manager
As January winds to an end, I want to remind readers that I will be hosting a “Freedom to Marry Blog Carnival” on February 14, in conjunction with Freedom to Marry Week. Any blogger who writes in support of marriage equality between now and then is invited to submit a post by leaving a comment
