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Archive for April, 2006

More LGBT People Want to Start Families

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

April 26, 2006: A new study finds that more of us than ever want to be parents. This is from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Two-thirds of lesbians and a third of gay men in the United States plan to add children to their families over the next three years, according to a marketing survey to be […]

A Critic of the Easter Egg Roll

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

April 25, 2006: As my listeners and readers know, I was a big fan of the planned attendance of LGBT families at the White House Easter Egg Roll. I thought it was important that we show America that our families are out there, and that we want and do the same “normal” things that they […]

School Defends Gay-Themed Children’s Book

Monday, April 24th, 2006

April 23, 2006: Michael Rogers from PageOneQ talked about this on the most recent show. It’s great to see a school superintendent doing the right thing.
Boston (WBZ Newsroom)  — A classroom controversy in Lexington has some parents upset at school officials.
A second grade teacher at the Eastabrook Elemenatary School read the book, called King and King to her class.
Parent […]

The Gay Parenting Show #20: HRC and a Surprise Announcement!

Friday, April 21st, 2006

The Gay Parenting Show #20: HRC and a Surprise Announcement!
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April 20, 2006: Our special guest today is Ellen Kahn, Director of HRC’s Family Project. Ellen tells us about what HRC is doing for our families, and she makes a very special announcement. You can get a preview […]

Photos From WH Easter Egg Roll

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

April 18, 2006: Joe Tresh, a terrific photographer who works with PageOneQ, has some photos of LGBT families at the White House Easter Egg roll here. The kids are so cute!

White House To Gays: Go Roll Your Own

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

April 17, 2006: My good friend, the fabulous blogger Michael Rogers at PageOneQ was on the scene when LGBT families were treated like second-class citizens at the White House Easter Egg Roll. This is from his site. Read the whole story here.
After waiting outside overnight to be among the first to enter this year’s White House […]

Sunday, April 16th, 2006

April 15, 2006: On our 17th show, we interviewed Jen Christler of the Family Pride Coalition on the group’s plans to encourage LGBT families to attend the White House Easter Egg Roll.
Appropriately, Family Pride is rolling right along. (”Rolling” - get it?) This is from 365Gay.com.
Hundreds of gay and lesbian parents hoping to take their […]

Holy Rollers Protest Egg Rollers

Monday, April 10th, 2006

April 9, 2006: As my regular readers know, the Family Pride Coaltion, along with other groups, is organizing the attendance of LGBT headed families at this year’s White House Easter Hunt. Its a great, great idea.
Needless to say, this has some professional gay-haters frothing at the mouth. These exerpts are from the International Herald Tribune. […]

Now We Can’t Even Adopt Dogs!

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

April 3, 2006: I’m sure that there are some right wingnuts in America who want to stop us from adopting, pets, too. This is from ABC News:
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Swedish court has imposed a 20,000 kronor ($2,600) fine on a woman kennel owner who refused to sell a puppy to a lesbian.
The kennel owner, who was […]

Help the Needy - Buy Brokeback for a Straight Person

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

March 31, 2006: With the imminent release of Brokeback Mountain on DVD, the clever blogger over at Proceed at Your Own Risk has a great idea - buy a copy for a needy straight person. As he says:
Now don’t go giving a copy to the obviously gay-friendly, target the almost gay-friendly or better yet, complete […]