…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 […]
It would be great to get some queerspawn voices in here. Whip up your 300-word abstract and help smash the seemingly-eternal, oh-so-convenient myth that the “children” are not yet old enough to contribute to the public discourse about our families.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on
QUEER PARENTING
Publication Date: Fall, […]
If you have friends or family in any of these states:
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Virginia
Wisconsin
Please “Phone Home” today. It is easy, fast, and could make all the difference in reaching the “Movable Middle.”
Read the tips I wrote in a previous post on how to send an effective message to your loved ones.
A PSA for college students:
The GLBTA Programs Office and the Queer Student Cultural Center are pleased to announce that online registration for the 15th annual Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference (MBLGTACC), being held February 16-18, 2007, is now available.
The Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Ally College Conference, also known as Alphabet Soup […]
My special invitation to people with queer/LGBT/gay parent(s) to join me and a bunch of other queerspawn for a really cool gathering in Dallas. Please: I want to meet you.
The Task Force has set up an online system that makes it really easy for you to spread the word about horribly discriminatory amendments that will be on the ballot in various states in 2006. Here’s the email that came from Matt Foreman, Executive Director of The Task Force:
I am writing to urge you […]
Next month, Family Pride and COLAGE are hosting a conference for LGBT families in Dallas. There will be workshops (not to mention networking) specific for adults who have/had one or more LGBT/queer parent(s). (Yes, that statement is awkward. Inclusion of a wide range of people with broadly varying experiences makes slashes and parenthesis […]
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 […]