Continuing from yesterday’s post, here’s the t-shirt from 2000, made professionally based on my 1998 prototype.
Here’s how it came about: After growing weary of the invisibility of marching with PFLAG for a few years — I was presumed to be a young lesbian with rabid activist PFLAG parents marching behind me — I started to [...]
Long time artist/activist Patrick Scully donated his many, many boxes of materials to the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, declaring, “History is written by those whose stuff is saved!”
As a community organizer on the last leg of my phase-out plan, any documentation of my work is basically worthless if it’s just stashed away in the [...]
Maybe it’s because of the James Frey Era of Fabrication, or because of the blurred lines of infomercials and advertorials these days. I am continually struck by people’s reactions to the fact that the stuff I write about is real, and verifiable to the full extent that anything can be verified.
It’s a weird feeling [...]
My tips for starting a group for teens with LGBT parents.
That is: Bring your own book.
I just found out that for reasons beyond my control, copies of Families Like Mine will not be available for sale following my lecture tomorrow. If you are planning to attend, and you want to bring along a copy you already have, I will be more than happy to sign [...]
One of my biggest frustrations is parent organizers who say they have read my book, but obviously have not. So when a gay parent contacts me about how he is applying what he learned from my book…well, it makes my day feel a lot lighter.
Hey Abigail
Just 10 minutes ago I finished reading your book [...]
Highlighting additional products to online customers is effective when the match is appropriate. But when it’s wrong, it can be cringeworthy.
My publisher, HarperCollins suggests other titles on the page that features my book, Families Like Mine. I presume the suggestions are based on frequently used words: family, marriage, family values, children, parenting. [...]
Yesterday, family therapist David McMillian in Shreveport, Louisiana recorded an hour-long interview with me for his program “Strategies for Living.” You can listen here.
Two contributors to the Journal of Biosocial Science write a letter to the editors, stating that publishing junk science by Paul Cameron hurts the reputation of credible social scientists who have been published in the journal. Here is the letter they wrote. Please pass this along to social scientists you know — especially if they have an article published in JBS, or are considering submitting one.
Box Turtle Bulletin interviews Anna Carlsson, who is less than pleased to be take out of context by one Paul Cameron.