Comedienne and cleaning spokesperson Diane Amos recently spoke to the San Francisco Bay Times about drawing from her life experience for material for her stand-up.
She says that talking about coming from a gay-parented family in her comedy worked to her advantage because other comedians couldn’t steal her material! Good point.
Excerpt:
Bay Times: How did […]

The Lifetime Network has poached Ian Ziering from his success on “Dancing with the Stars” and added their own “twist” for a new dance competition. (There’s always a twist, isn’t there?)
The premise of the show, “Your Mama Don’t Dance” is ten professional dancers having their Fame-like shot at proving their talent to the world, […]

Can’t say I’m a Science Fiction fan, but some of my readers are. One of those readers knew, that in my ongoing quest to find queerspawn “everywhere,” I would appreciate knowing about this book.
The Ethos Effect by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor, 2003)
The main character, Van, is talking to Emily when he casually mentions that another […]

In the September 2007 issue of Out, Project Runway’s Tim Gunn wonders out loud about the story behind his hyper-masculine dad.
Advocate: So you didn’t grow up fixated on fashion?
Gunn: I was fixated on architecture and interiors, which of course had everybody worried. I had a really butch father — so butch I thought maybe […]

I have recently learned about two plays that include adult children of gay or lesbian parents.
“Fading to Grey” is about the 25th anniversary of a gay couple, and includes an adult son of one of the men — a result of a one-night stand. I am not yet able to find a review for […]

Thanks to Magnus Mortensen of Bonita Springs, FL, whose letter to the Advocate pointed out a second generation article that I had missed.
In the August 14, 2007 issue, Mortenson wrote:

[Advocate] had a very interesting and heartwarming story about a father and son who came out to each other…Beautiful!
His letter caused me to pull the old […]

Earlier this year I wrote about how my copies of Out and Advocate arrive at my home wrapped in opaque plastic whether or not I want such discretion.
The most recent issue of Advocate announced that subscribers now have a choice. If you don’t want the plastic wrap, go to this page and enter your subscription […]

One of the most stressful and expensive inequities for gay-parented families is the lack of health care benefits because same-sex couples cannot marry in the U.S.
But same-sex couples and families are only part of the bigger picture of how healthcare fails America. Millions of Americans are uninsured, and millions more are struggling to pay […]

An upcoming movie, “Death at a Funeral” offers this one-sentence plot description at IMDB:
Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.
The June 2007 issue of OUT Magazine (p.90) provides more information to reveal a queerspawn angle:
It’s never easy to lose your […]

Five-year-old Miguel wrote a song for school about his family, and then sang it again to post on YouTube.
See his mom’s post about it and watch the video.
I dare you to not sing along.
He likes his moms because “they are cool.” He says it twice. I hope his moms carefully guard a copy […]