Outsiders Within is a new anthology that all adoptive parents and those who are considering adopting should read.
One of the editors, Jane Jeong Trenka, is an ally of mine, and I hope she considers me an ally to her and other transracially-adopted people. Adopted from Korea and raised in Minnesota, Jane grew up with […]
While researching documentaries about queer families I discovered one from 1983 called “If She Grows Up Gay.” Directed by Karen (Sloe) Goodman.
The description:
A blue collar African-American mother, talks about her pregnancy and raising her daughter with her lesbian lover.
Today, that baby is at least 24 years old.
Where are you now? I would love […]
Is there a correlation between having gay parents and wanting to graduate from high school early?
If you blink, you’ll miss it. I mean that literally.
In this Ikea commercial, sofa covers of various colors splash on the screen. An announcer asks: “Why shouldn’t sofas come in flavors…just like families?”
And at the last split second you see a young teen Asian girl, sitting on the floor in front of a sofa, […]
A comment left yesterday on a previous post should be brought up to the front of my blog as LGBT Hmong people continue to organize:
Kevin Xiong writes,
August 16, 2006 @ 11:02 am
Hello guys/gals,
I am the Event Coordinator for SOY. Thank you for the wonderful comments. SOY is entering into its second phase this year (meaning […]
Here’s a call for submissions which I found via Lambda Literary Foundation:
RedBone Press seeks well-written personal stories by black lesbians on the subject of coming out while married to a man. Looking for journal entries, personal essays, creative autobiographical fiction, poetry or whatever way the words come together to describe your coming out. This book […]
An essay by 18-year-old Hunter Braithwaite, about they day his dad told him he was gay.
Congratulations to Phia Xiong and SOY for landing ink in the Advocate. The article by Bao Ong was appropriately titled “Group to Watch.†SOY (Shades of Yellow) was founded by Xiong three years ago to support LGBT Hmong people.
Dhillon Khosla, author of “Both Sides Now: One Man’s Journey Through Womanhood,” Utah State Senator Scott McCoy, and Laura Smidzik, Executive Director of Rainbow Families.
More on the topic of mixed-orientation marriages:
DNA (Daily News & Analysis) a media outlet in India, published an article about social pressure for gay and bisexual people to enter into marriages a la Brokeback.
Of course, it was the headline that caught my eye:
Dad, are you gay? by Farhad J. Dadyburjor
Excerpt:
While some divorce, others work […]