One of the many ways people from gay-parented families can make themselves visible is by writing a letter to the editor on an issue that affects them personally.
This letter is from today’s Burlington Free Press:
I am writing in response to the article “Commission members all support same-sex marriage” (Aug.12). House Speaker Gaye Symington and Senate [...]
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 [...]
I am the first to call out hypocrisy when it comes to our families being treated by a double standard. But today I am actually defending the Cheneys.
Dick Cheney’s sixth grandchild was born last week to lesbian mothers, and the White House released a photo of little Samuel David Cheney with his grandmother and [...]
From SLDN:
Today, our nation pauses to remember the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform. All of us at Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) are proud to fight on behalf of America’s military personnel, and to salute their commitment to liberty and justice for all.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans have fought [...]
We couldn’t have asked a more perfect day for a rally at our Capitol.
I’ll be at both.
LGBT Lobby Day / Rally for Fairness
Rainbow Families Conference.
(I’ll be signing books at the Amazon Bookstore table.)
Here’s another great opportunity for my advice column to reach new readers:
Rainbow Rumpus, an online magazine for kids of LGBT parents, has been running reprints of my advice column on their site (with my permission) in a section specifically for parents. This month’s question is about teens adjusting to a newly blended lesbian-parent household.
Minnesota’s new [...]
From an SLDN press release:
Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY) today [Feb. 7] urged Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to consider hiring military linguists discharged under the federal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual service members. During hearings on the 2008 State Department budget, Ackerman pressed Secretary Rice to address the government’s foreign [...]
I met Rebecca Lazarus in Dallas at the LGBT Family Conference last October. Here she is with her dads in their Halloween costumes — that’s a paint brush behind her ear. I had to take this photo because I loved the metaphor: Rebecca as the creative artist, her parents as her willing [...]
The following is a statement by MassEquality Campaign Director Marc Solomon:
Nothing has changed. The Court rejected our opponents’ demands and said the legislature cannot be compelled to vote to advance an amendment it fundamentally disagrees with. Legislators have not only the freedom, but the responsibility to handle the issue responsibly and vote their conscience.
After 18 [...]