I wrote in April about “lesbian soccer mom” Jennifer Schumaker’s Walk for Togetherness” from San Diego to San Francisco to encourage dialogue among LGBT people and their families, friends and allies. She is currently on Day 46 of her journey, which she is chronicling in her blog. On June 3, Schumaker will complete the last […]
This news is so good and so relevant to LGBT families that I’m not saving it for my usual Friday political update: A federal judge struck down Oklahoma’s Adoption Invalidation Law prohibiting Oklahoma from recognizing adoptions by same-sex couples from other states and countries. This was perhaps the most anti-LGBT-family law in the country, and
The big news item this week is that the U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved a same-sex marriage ban. This means it now moves before the whole Senate, with a vote scheduled the week of June 5. Committee chair Arlen Specter(R) says he does not support the measure, but wants the full Senate to discuss
I don’t usually do long political tirades like this, but sometimes I make exceptions. Paul Cameron, chair of the far-right, anti-LGBT Family Research Institute, is using books by members of the LGBT community to “prove” that “Children of Homosexuals and Transexuals [Are] More Apt to Be Homosexual.” If this weren’t enough, he has managed to
An unmarried straight couple with three children in Missouri face eviction because of a city ordinance that prohibits more than three people from living together if they are unrelated by blood, marriage, or adoption, Blogging Baby reports. This is a great example of why even straight couples should be very wary of supporting anti-gay-marriage legislation.
Today is International Day Against Homophobia. The organizers see the event as complementary to Gay Pride Month. Pride Month is for celebrating our identities, they say. The goal of IDAHO is geared more towards direct action against homophobia and related violence: To articulate action and reflection in order to struggle against all physical, moral, or
No state has met the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) teacher-qualification goals for this school year, the AP reports. Nine states, plus DC and Puerto Rico, may lose federal aid because they did not try hard enough to comply by the law’s deadline. I’ve never been a fan of NCLB, but the teacher qualifications seem
The California Senate approved a bill requiring California schools to teach the contributions of LGBT people to state and U. S. history. The bill must now pass the state Assembly. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich used his executive powers to give health benefits to partners of lesbian and gay state employees. Next door, in Indiana, Attorney
Two issues dominated the national LGBT political news this week: The aftermath of Mary Cheney’s book launch and Primetime interview. USA Today has a trio of editorials representing the majority of opinions I’ve heard. (Summarized, they seem to be: “Why are you an apologist for a party that not only wants to restrict your rights,
The “Millennial” generation of those born between 1985 and 2004 will “have the final say over full marriage equality” and be overwhelmingly for it, claims Deb Price of the Detroit News. Recent surveys indicate that younger voters are more likely than older ones to support same-sex marriage. “MIllennials” are a big generation, too: the 2000
