October 21 is National Mammography Day. To find a facility in your area, please call: American Cancer Society (800) 227-2345 National Cancer Institute (800) 4-CANCER Do it for yourself. Do it for your partner. Do it for your kids.
Enough politics for a while. Here’s another in my ongoing series of Essential Tools: a camping headlamp. Even if the closest you’ve been to camping is sitting on your back porch with a beer, one of these lightweight lamps can be indispensable when you’re working behind a bookshelf, under a cabinet, or in the corner
The Albany, New York regional state appellate court heard arguments Monday in three same-sex marriage suits, including one challenging the constitutionality of New York state marriage law. Regardless of the outcome, however, New York’s top court, the Court of Appeals, will ultimately give the final ruling on same-sex marriage. (Is it just me, or does
Last Sunday, Garden State Equality organized “Let My Parents Marry,” a town-hall meeting where children of LGBT parents, and supportive children of straight parents, spoke in favor of same-sex marriage. While the audience was apparently appreciative, let’s hope the message reaches out to those who need to hear it.
Over 40,000 dead. Over 60,000 injured. 3.3 million homeless, with winter fast approaching. The South Asia earthquake is the third major natural disaster in the past twelve months, following Hurricane Katrina and the Indian Ocean tsunami, and as such, risks facing a world tired of donating, airlifting, and rebuilding. As a mother, I cannot read
Hot off the presses: Mombian t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, bags, and bumper stickers emblazoned with the line “We Are Both the Real Mom” and the Mombian URL. (Thanks to Erica for the design.)
From the “But We Knew This” department: Research presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics Conference and Exhibition last week concluded there are no overall difference in self-esteem, gender identity, or emotional problems between children of same-sex parents and children of opposite-sex parents. Ellen C. Perrin, professor of pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine,
For many of us with children, Halloween is an extended holiday, starting in early October with costume shopping (or making) and ending with two weeks of assorted parties and parades, not to mention the official night of trick-or-treating. Here are some resources to help you survive the witching season. GooGhoul is a directory of Halloween
October 11th is National Coming Out Day in the U. S. Instead of offering advice on coming out (ably covered by the HRC Web site), I want to flip things around and offer a few hints to people who may be unsure how to react if lesbian moms come out to them. Don’t assume that just
Lifehacker reports today on a new cooking trend: “make and take.” The idea is that you go to a special store and purchase pre-prepped (washed, chopped, etc.) ingredients for several specific recipes, which you then simply have to assemble at home. The going rate seems to be about $200 for twelve four-person meals, which works
