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 [...]
Alison Bechdel has posted a cool photo of herself in the University of Minnesota Library archives during her tour of the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies.
Here’s Alison’s photo.
Here’s me in the same spot.
I’m intrigued by how differently these images can be interpreted based on the self’s relationship to a backdrop that rivals the closing [...]
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, [...]
No, I won’t be at Creating Change. But if you will be — and you have one or more LGBT parents — be sure to go to the caucus on Friday night, “Queerspawn Making a Difference.” I know for sure you will meet Monica, and if other people let me know they will be [...]
High school senior Jessica Cohn-Kleinberg wrote a column about waiting for the chance to testify in Florida to address the law that bans gay people from adopting.
“My amazing gay moms made me a good person”
By Jessica Cohn-Kleinberg
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Express Gay News (Florida)
Unfortunately, she didn’t have the opportunity to speak:
I had my story all [...]
The Point Foundation provides scholarships to queer students who otherwise would not be able to attend college. The Foundation’s educational and outreach campaign focuses on the scholars’ stories, in particular, the barriers they have faced because of the sexual orientation or gender identity. For many of these students, their homo-hostile parents were part, or sometimes, [...]
I stumbled onto a post which was written over a year ago, but link-worthy nonetheless. Check out the tattoo a grown queerspawn chose to honor her parents’ commitment ceremony:
Sure, I’ve seen temporary proclamations before. But a permanent tattoo? Now that’s commitment.
The Journal Inquirer in North Central Connecticut published a profile on Rebecca Lazarus, a 13-year-old who continues to find opportunities to advocate on behalf of her family and other children who have two moms or two dads.
Excerpt:
Because Lazarus, who is her biological father, and Charette [her father's partner] aren’t legally married, if something were to [...]
The “Let California Ring” campaign has a very inspiring video online — with an equally inspiring soundtrack — to “start the conversation” among Californians about marriage equality.
Among the many powerful voices is Liam Cooper from the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, who refers to himself as “a kid of same-sex parents.”
Watch the video here.
Amber Davis Tourelentes is interviewed in Bay Windows about her portraits of LGBT families, which are currently on display in conjunction with the documentary, “Same Sex America.”
For Tourelentes, who is expecting her second child with her husband, the family project resonates personally. Raised in part by her gay father and his partner in the South [...]