Is that Penguin Insured?
A Florida college is offering employees pet insurance after denying them insurance for same-sex partners. This of course begs the question of whether the pet insurance would cover gay penguins.
No Sperm for You
Right after the good news from Australia’s national elections comes the more worrisome news that the New South Wales upper house will likely approve legislation allowing reproductive donors “to demand their sperm or eggs only go to certain religious, ethnic or cultural groups or be reserved for heterosexual couples.” The bill would also require sperm
Queering the Kitchen
There’s a bit of a food obsession going around the world of LGBT women at the moment. Since parenting and food seem to go together like peanut (or soy) butter and jelly, I thought I’d do a quick roundup. After Ellen has a lengthy feature piece on Iron Chef and lesbian mom Cat Cora. Author,
Theme Song from BuddyG: My Two Moms and Me
Here’s the adorable theme song and opening sequence from BuddyG: My Two Moms and Me, the new animated show I reviewed last week. If it doesn’t put a smile on your face, you’re probably reading the wrong blog: The song was composed and sung by Curt Bright of The String Beans. (How can you not
A New Day for LGBT Australians?
Making international headlines this week is the defeat of Australia’s prime minister, John Howard, a Bush ally, and the triumph of Labor’s Kevin Rudd. Reader Mace, who founded the Lesbian Parents Australia Yahoo! group, wrote “we no longer have a conservative government in Australia … and that is a new beginning with lots of renewed
The Dauntless Book for Lesbians?
Even if you haven’t yet read my rather lengthy review of The Daring Book for Girls, I thought it might be interesting to take the book’s basic premise—a compendium of activities and information across a range of subjects, things every girl should know—and see if we could give it a lesbian twist. (I’d do a
Book Review: The Daring Book for Girls
The Daring Book for Girls, by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz, is the distaff version of the bestselling The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden. Like its male version, The Daring Book is a throwback to the children’s encyclopedias and magazines of old, full of games, activities, and bits of information
Yes, We’ve Heard the Turkey Baster Jokes
For those of you observing Thanksgiving this week, here’s wishing you and your families a very happy time. Don’t let the extended family get on your nerves—just show them these cute Orka basters from Target (via Amazon), and tell them you hope using the right color will influence the gender of your next child. See
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Today marks the 9th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, “set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.” The event organizers explain: The event honors Rita Hester, whose murder in 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Since then, the
Happy Birthday, Jodie!
A very happy 45th birthday today to Jodie Foster, who, while never officially saying she’s a lesbian, has two children who bear both her last name and that of Cydney Bernard, the woman rumored to be her partner. Good enough for me to wish her a very happy Mombian birthday. Regardless of how she identifies