Over the last week or so, I asked you to help the Family Pride Coalition meet a charity challenge from actor Kevin Bacon. I’m pleased to report they met the challenge, and will receive $10,000 from Bacon’s Sixdegrees organization. They also exceeded their goal of 1,138 donations, racking up $30,000 on top of Bacon’s $10,000.
Presidential candidate John McCain learned how important it is to hire good technical help. A staffer didn’t swap out the default images in the MySpace template he was using for the candidate, and didn’t credit the template’s creator. When the designer learned of this, he uploaded new default images to his own server, which were
I wrote earlier this month about a charitable challenge offered by actor Kevin Bacon. Bacon’s Six Degrees organization (in conjunction with Network for Good) will give a matching grant of $10,000 to the six non-profits with the highest number of unique donors before March 31st at 11:59pm ET. The Family Pride Coalition is battling for
A lesbian mother has asked the Georgia Supreme Court to rule that second-parent adoptions are illegal. Sara Wheeler and her partner had started a family together, with Sara carrying the child and her partner Missy Wheeler adopting him. The two later split, and Sara would not let Missy see their son. Sara asked the county
Representative John Conyers (D-Mich.) introduced a federal hate-crimes bill that expands the definition of such crimes to include those based on sexual orientation. A similar bill is expected soon in the Senate. The recent gay bashing and death of 72-year-old Andrew Athos in Detroit is a tragic reminder of the need for such a law.
Originally published in Bay Windows, March 22, 2007.) Policy Issues Affecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Families sounds like the kind of book that gathers dust on the shelves of politicians and policy wonks. Sean Cahill, Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) Policy Institute, and Sarah Tobias, who has been a
A group of seven high-ranking lesbian and gay military veterans called on Congress to repeal the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, and demanded that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace apologize for calling LGBT service members “immoral.” The New York Times follows the LGBT blogosphere in highlighting Hillary Clinton and
Fewer than a third of American adults eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The government’s goal is for 75 percent of Americans to have two servings of fruits and 50 percent to have three servings of vegetables each day by 2010.
The Evesham School District of Marlton, New Jersey, eliminated a diversity film from its curriculum in early February after some parents protested its inclusion of same-sex families. (Here’s my original post on the matter, and a follow up, plus an excursus on same-sex families in the classroom.) The district has now formed a committee of
Senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gave the keynote address at the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) annual winter board meeting. Candidates John Edwards, Barack Obama and Rudy Giuliani declined invitations because of scheduling conflicts. Clinton said “I am proud to stand by your side. I want you to know that just as you have always
