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 [...]

Continuing from yesterday’s post, here’s the t-shirt from 2000, made professionally based on my 1998 prototype.
Here’s how it came about: After growing weary of the invisibility of marching with PFLAG for a few years — I was presumed to be a young lesbian with rabid activist PFLAG parents marching behind me — I started to [...]

Long time artist/activist Patrick Scully donated his many, many boxes of materials to the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, declaring, “History is written by those whose stuff is saved!”
As a community organizer on the last leg of my phase-out plan, any documentation of my work is basically worthless if it’s just stashed away in the [...]

Maybe it’s because of the James Frey Era of Fabrication, or because of the blurred lines of infomercials and advertorials these days. I am continually struck by people’s reactions to the fact that the stuff I write about is real, and verifiable to the full extent that anything can be verified.
It’s a weird feeling [...]

The New York Times reports new restrictions on people interested in adopting from China. Apparently, the Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs can afford to be picky since they are getting more requests than there are babies available.
China Tightens Adoption Rules for Foreigners
By Pam Belluck and Jim Yardley
Published: December 20, 2006
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Which hopeful prospective parents [...]

aMaze, the organization best known for its Families All Matter Book Project is focusing on LGBT families in its most recent newsletter. They asked me to submit an article about my reflections on inclusive curricula, or in my case, lack thereof.
Excerpt:
Something as simple as a book would have opened the door for me to [...]

A big congratulations to Alison Bechdel who found out today that among the numerous accolades Fun Home has received, it was named the #1 Book of 2006 by Time Magazine.
ALISON BECHDEL, FUN HOME
The unlikeliest literary success of 2006 is a stunning memoir about a girl growing up in a small town with her cryptic, [...]

From an interview in Salon with second gen queerspawn Alison Bechdel:
Salon: Have any more notable facts or documents about your father’s life come to light since you finished the book [Fun Home]?
Bechdel: No, but I’ve heard from a bunch of people who knew my dad — students, friends, family members — that they either knew [...]

“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 [...]