The lesbian moms are back on Showtime’s Nurse Jackie tonight—and the sad news is, they’re getting a divorce. Below is a clip of them (played by Swoosie Kurtz and Judith Light) telling their son, Peter Facinelli’s Dr. Fitch “Coop” Cooper. Still, I love the portrayal of the moms on the show because it’s one of […]
Here’s a seasonal tale that even those not of Jewish heritage will appreciate: Rabbi Andrew Sacks, director of the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly in Israel, has shared an e-mail from Jewish scholar Susannah Heschel, in which she explained the relatively recent tradition of placing an orange on the Seder plate. She began the tradition “as a
I wasn’t going to write about the royal wedding at all. Despite having lived in the U.K. for a couple of years, I find the monarchy interesting only as an example of the persistence of older traditions of European leadership. (Yes, I was a historian.)
But as a chronicler of things related to lesbian moms, I now feel obligated to note that Carol Ann Duffy, Britain’s Poet Laureate, will be writing a poem for Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding. Duffy is a lesbian and a mother.
Congratulations to Mandy, winner of the final Monday is One Day giveaway last week. Here’s a video of author Arthur Levine talking about the book, his own very personal inspiration for it, and Julian Hector’s fitting illustrations. Levine is openly gay, and includes a pair of gay dads in the book, but the book’s message
Yes, it’s that time of year again! Out magazine just published its fifth annual list of “The Power 50: The Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America,” which means it’s time for my fifth annual list of The Most Powerful Lesbian Moms in America. The definition of “power” is subjective, of course. For the purposes
Because today is the Day of Silence, an annual observance to raise awareness of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment, I’ll point out my piece over at Keen News Service on court cases sparked by the event. The Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA) and the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) (which would allow people to sponsor same-sex partners
Congratulations to Kate, winner of yesterday’s Monday is One Day giveaway! Here’s the last of three giveaways this week. First, let me say thank you to all of you who commented on the previous giveaway posts. I encourage all of you to go read what others have written about balancing work and parenthood and their favorite kids’
Congratulations to Cheryl, winner of yesterday’s Monday is One Day giveaway! Here’s the second of three giveaways this week. If you missed the info yesterday, here’s the scoop: Monday Is One Day, by Arthur Levine, is a gay-inclusive (but not exclusive) poem from a working parent to a child. “The hardest part of going to work is being
It’s always exciting to share news of a brand-spanking new LGBT-inclusive children’s book, especially one as good as Monday is One Day, by Arthur Levine, the U.S. editor of Harry Potter—and I have three copies to give away this week!
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last night that two gay men did not have the right to a reissued birth certificate for the Louisiana-born child they adopted in New York—a birth certificate that would have listed them both as parents (and a common practice for adoptive families). The state had denied the fathers
