June 2, 2008
LGBT Families Day: Rights or No Rights, We're Still Parents
Filed by Sara Whitman | June 02, 2008 | 9:00 PM |Fall soccer forms due August 8th, doctor's appointments for summer camp forms and dinner cooked- but not yet eaten- by 4PM today. There is a little league baseball game and Zachary is pitching. By the time we get home, the...Read More
A Father By Any Other Name
Filed by Donna Rose | June 02, 2008 | 7:00 PM |Every year just before Father's Day I get a call from a news agency wanting to interview me about how transsexual parents celebrate this annual celebration of dads. I certainly can't answer for all transsexuals - I can only answer...Read More
A Lifetime in Two Weeks
Filed by Kate Kendell | June 02, 2008 | 5:00 PM |I write this on the evening of May 29. It has been exactly two weeks since the historic ruling from the California Supreme Court ending the exclusion of lesbians and gay men from the right to marry. The past two...Read More
Harry Jackson Home Movies
Filed by Paige Schilt | June 02, 2008 | 4:00 PM |This weekend Soulforce posted video of Bishop Harry Jackson's closing remarks at a dinner meeting with LGBT families at his Beltsville, Maryland church on May 24, 2008. The meeting was part of the American Family Outing, which is visiting six...Read More
Ode to a toddler
Filed by Cathy Renna | June 02, 2008 | 3:00 PM |I admit it - I have learned more about patience, kindness, fun and sheer joy from the "almost three" year old my wife and I share our life with, our daughter Rosemary. If you know me or have had the...Read More
Save Rent Control in California (No on Prop 98!)
Filed by Jessica Hoffmann | June 02, 2008 | 2:00 PM |Hey, California! I know it can be hard to get out and vote on local elections--either they seem insignificant, or you're pretty convinced electoral politics will never bring real social change, let alone justice. I hear you. The thing is,...Read More
Vice President Crist?
Filed by Mike Rogers | June 02, 2008 | 1:00 PM |Hey, girlfriend! The chances of Charlie Crist being nominated for VP by the GOP are about as good as the chances that the sun will set in the east and that your local PBS station will announce they are flush...Read More
Yves Saint Lauren's Legacy
Filed by Abigail Hannon | June 02, 2008 | 12:45 PM |iPhone users: Click to watch Yves St Laurent was a fashionista. Don't fashionistas kill people with clothes? To see more, head to www.abigailsxratedteendiary.com !!!...Read More
Wicked Little Town from Hedwig
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 02, 2008 | 12:00 PM |iPhone users: Click to watch Today's YGST video got taken off YouTube. So here's "Wig in a Box" from Hedwig and the Angry Inch....Read More
Family is what you make it
Filed by Waymon Hudson | June 02, 2008 | 12:00 PM |In honor of the third annual Blogging for LGBT Families Day, I wanted to share a little bit about my own family. Many of you know about my partner and me- we have been together for 6 years, have our...Read More
Separation of church and state in marriage
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 02, 2008 | 11:00 AM |TBP editor Waymon Hudson got quoted in the Contra Coast Times last week in an article about how some clergy aren't signing marriage licenses anymore: "I think the need to untangle civil marriage and the rights associated with it from...Read More
Beautiful Day in This Neighborhood
Filed by Michele O'Mara | June 02, 2008 | 10:00 AM |In honor of Blogging for LGBT Families Day I'm going to share one of my favorite true stories about a day in the life in our neighborhood. My partner and I live in a suburb of Indy where our little...Read More
Congratulations to Steph and Stephanie
Filed by Bil Browning | June 02, 2008 | 9:05 AM |Two good friends got married yesterday, Steph Mineart and Stephanie Kouteck. While the marriage, of course, isn't recognized here in Indiana, the duo are off to Canada to make it official. Both women looked absolutely stunning. I'm so happy for...Read More
Laws for LGBT Families with Children
Filed by Nancy Polikoff | June 02, 2008 | 9:00 AM |Today is "Blogging for LGBT Families Day." Here's my contribution: The worst news recently for LGBT families was the decision of Maryland's highest court that eviscerated the family of Janice and Margaret and their daughter, Maya. You see, only Janice...Read More
Bob Dole hearts Scott McClellan
Filed by Ed Team | June 02, 2008 | 7:30 AM |"There are miserable creatures like you in every administration who don't have the guts to speak up or quit if there are disagreements with the boss or colleagues. No, your type soaks up the benefits of power, revels in the...Read More
Chris Crocker on straight guys
Filed by Alex Blaze | June 02, 2008 | 7:00 AM |iPhone users: Click to watch Chris Crocker tries to understand the heterosexual male.... (audio NSFW)...Read More
