Here’s a very tangible example of those everyday reinforcements of “traditional†families that “mainstream†society just doesn’t see. The implicit message of exclusion, however, reinforces the invisibility of “non-traditional†families.
More on the topic of mixed-orientation marriages:
DNA (Daily News & Analysis) a media outlet in India, published an article about social pressure for gay and bisexual people to enter into marriages a la Brokeback.
Of course, it was the headline that caught my eye:
Dad, are you gay? by Farhad J. Dadyburjor
Excerpt:
While some divorce, others work [...]
I just found out that my paperback is available at, um, Walmart. I am amused.
(I can’t bring myself to link to Walmart. So take my word for it, or search to verify.)
Walmart has a history of banning “unwholesome” CDs, refusing to carry Plan B contraception, and — according to readers of “Savage Love” [...]
Researchers reporting on people of LGBT parentage frequently talk about, over, and around the subjects of their research — namely the oversampled offspring. (Read my explanation and impact of “oversampling.”) One very exciting development in the family liberation movement is the number of queerspawn who are growing up, getting advanced degrees, and joining academic discourse [...]
How slow of a news day does it have to be for a newspaper in Arkansas to publish an article about why gay boys love watching the “Golden Girls?”
Yes, a reprint of Jaime Bruerger’s article that I mentioned in an earlier post was reprinted in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. (Registration required; visit BugMeNot for access [...]
New York Times reporter Katy Butler writes about women who stay married to gay men in “Many Couples Must Negotiate Terms of ‘Brokeback’ Marriages.”
At one of my stops on my book tour two years ago, I was asked if I would write a companion book to Families Like Mine about “the other experience.” What [...]
Hurrah for Laura Billings’ column for calling out the political homophobes on their mean-spirited and wasteful plot to further smear queers in the state of Minnesota.
The article is aptly named: “Marriage ban a frivolous plot” (Registration required.)
Billings points out that an amendment banning same-sex marriage in the state constitution is redundant, since Minnesota already passed [...]
GLAAD’s President released a statement stating he’s disappointed “Brokeback Mountain” didn’t win Best Picture last night.
I’m expecting a week of rumblings of similar sentiment. I think folks in the LGBT community — particularly white gay men over the age of 40 — are surprised. I would also make the completely non-scientific never-to-be-tested hypothesis that [...]
~~The conclusion to yesterday’s post~~
Probably if we changed the subject after I thank someone for telling me he loved my book, his bluff would succesfully pass. But usually the person keeps going, and shows his cards without knowing it. A very common example: “Oh, and it’s so great that you are heterosexual!” this [...]
I have a request: If we’re meeting for the first time and you bring up my book, it’s perfectly fine for you to disclose you haven’t read it.
It would be unrealistic — not to mention incredibly vain — for me to expect that everyone I meet has read it. Go ahead and say so. No [...]