May 16, 2004
2:00 p.m.
Mayflower Church in South Minneapolis.
I will be giving a reading from Families Like Mine will be PFLAG’s monthly meeting for May.
Plenty of time for questions and discussion. Books will be made available by Queery Booksellers.
The meeting is safe, confidential, and open to everyone.

“YOU have a gay dad?! What is that like?”
Like most kids of LGBT parents, I have been asked this question nearly every day of my life. My brand new book “Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is” combines my own life story with stories from over 50 grown sons and [...]

I’ll be speaking tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. at Century College, as part of their programming for Women’s History Month.
It will be my first lecture with copies of my book!
A camera crew from ABC World News Tonight will be there to get some footage for the upcoming segment.

The jacket cover has been finalized, and I am honored that the following people will be quoted on the jacket to support of the book:

* Melissa Etheridge, singer/songwriter and lesbian mother
* Noelle Howey, author of DRESS CODES, editor of OUT OF THE ORDINARY, and daughter of a transgender father
* Candace Gingrich, author of ACCIDENTAL ACTIVIST [...]

While Rainbow Families serves mainly Minnesota and the surrounding states, each year it hosts the largest conference of GLBT parents in the nation.
On February 23, 2002, more than 1,000 parents, their children, and their allies will gather in Minneapolis for workshops, networking and celebration. Opening keynote by Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin. Need-based scholarships are [...]

Now in its 14th year, Creating Change is the largest annual GLBT activist conference. It’s sponsored by NGLTF (National Gay and Lesbian Task Force).
It draws a diverse bunch of folks, from white collars to spiked collars. (Read my commentary about last year’s conference.)
I will be presenting my workshop, “Our Heritage: How People with [...]

Family Week is a gathering of hundreds of GLBT parents and their children in Provincetown, one of the queerest towns in the world. Family Week happens annually in August and is co-sponsored by Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE) and Family Pride Coalition.
For those of you who are attending, I will be presenting [...]

To the Students at St. Andrew’s School:
You made it to the website! Thanks for checking it out. From what you all have told me, my talk at your school was one of the few times gay issues have been discussed at your school. Thank you for the warm reception and the follow-up [...]

Since the majority of colleges are not in session during the traditional Pride month (June), many schools celebrate pride in April instead. As a result, it was a busy and very diverse month for me…from driving through snow to get to UW-La Crosse, to getting a sunburn while at Cal State U - San Bernardino.
While [...]

For those of you not familiar with the acronym, it stands for Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Ally College Conference. And it was pulled off without a hitch February 16-18. A Big Gay “Thank-You” to the Big Gay Staff at U of Illinois Champaign-Urbana for working so hard to make the conference a success. [...]