June 1, 2007 is the second annual Blogging for LGBT Families Day. It’s easy to participate.
Read details about the event at Mombian.com, the host for the day.
Here’s the list of participants’ entries in 2006.
And here’s my post from last year.
All LGBT family members and our allies are encouraged to write a post [...]

This request is sent by producer Glenn Meehan:
Is Your Family a Reality Show?
The co-creator of BIG WORLD, LITTLE PEOPLE is looking for GLBT families for a reality series based on their life. We’re looking for the following combinations; two dads, two moms (with kids 8 – 22 years old), a transgender person with a [...]

Join me at the Rainbow Families DC 2007 Parenting Conference where I will be kicking off the day with a keynote address.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Takoma Park Middle School
Takoma Park, Maryland
Rainbow Families DC (RFDC) is a growing network of over 500 households in the DC metropolitan area that are headed by Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender [...]

The new issue of Lavender Magazine has a story about the upcoming Rainbow Families Conference where I will be delivering the keynote.
Here’s where you go for information and registration. “Early Bird” registration rates are good until April 6.
Below is a list that was sent out by Rainbow Families in their newsletter yesterday. Note reason [...]

This request came in from a producer who is looking for T-parented families:
The Discovery Channel is developing a series of documentaries about Families that will challenge the notion of the ‘traditional family’ in order to explore the many different set-ups that family forms can take today. We hope to look at this as widely [...]

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (the new and somewhat awkward name of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation) is seeking nominations for its new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Advisory Council. The council will make recommendations and “assist Komen in reducing disparity, morbidity, and mortality rates” in LGBT populations.
From their press release:
The new [...]

“The Mamas and the Papas and Then Some”
An Anthology by and for Genderqueer, Transsexual, and Transgender Parents and Their Partners
Maybe you’re a transsexual father, a transgendered mother, a genderqueer papa, or maybe you’re something more, something else, or some combination of any of the above, but odds are you haven’t had the privilege of [...]

…you’re missing out.
The La Crosse Tribune reports that fair-minded citizens are taking the “glass half full” approach regarding the constitutional amendment stripping same-sex couples legal recognition. The loss in La Crosse County was by a mere 152 votes, and organizers say that is worth celebrating.
Gay rights groups plan thank-you event for county voters
By Joe [...]

Today, World AIDS Day, I dedicate my post to children around the world who have lost parents to AIDS. The disease is certainly not exclusive to the gay community, but as children of gay parents, AIDS is part of our history and heritage.
This week, inspired by an article I read about Ana Matronic, [...]

According to Guardian Unlimited, Scissor Sisters bandmember Ana Lynch (aka Ana Matronic) had a gay dad who died of AIDS.
Her experience of his death, the cover up, and the lack of support is all-too-familiar to people whose parents contracted the disease:
…when she was 15, she learnt that her father had Aids. She and [...]