Straight Parent, Gay Kid
Who Are You Going To Trust? Not Ghost Busters!
It’s hard to trust the liberal media. BuzzFeed is not honest-to-God news. The President tweets on four hours of sleep. We were told last Tuesday that President Trump will maintain workplace protections for gays and lesbians instituted during the Obama Administration yet supposedly leaks within the hallowed halls of the White House said they Trump…
Finally, the Boy Scouts of America are Catching Up with the Girl Scouts!
“A Boy Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent and now, as of January 30, 2017, his troop includes transgenders. This all came about because a mother sued because her transgender boy was excluded from a New Jersey Scouting unit. Because of her staunch opposition, the issue…
Heeding Martha & The Vandellas’s Advice
“… Oh, it doesn’t matter what you wear, just as long as you are there. “Dancing in the Streets,” a number one hit in 1964, wanted the world to be one big block party. Two nights ago, 200 people took to the streets outside of now V-P Mike Pence’s rented house in Chevy Chase, Maryland…
What’s The Hidden Picture In Highlights?
Our kids, then 6 and 11, used to pour over their Highlights for Children received in the mail. Of course, they could have read Highlights in their elementary school library, but it seemed special to them to receive their very own copy! We did some of the crafts and puzzles, and, of course, read the…
New Year’s Resolution: Accept Your Child’s Sexual Orientation
Don’t Assume You Know Best! If your child comes out, believe his/her/they. Who would know better? Don’t try to second guess them or try to convert them to heterosexuality. These efforts fail, according to research. In order to love them unconditionally, support them and their attempts to be true-to-themselves. Suggestions for Accepting If you have…
Coming Out: Don’t Spring It On Your Relatives During Holidays
Chances are you may see your relatives on few occasions: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and possibly a milestone birthday. You don’t want to upset the tone of the holidays by injecting a life-altering announcement that will either elicit a million questions or silence your guests who are unprepared for such news. You don’t want to usurp and…
World AIDS Day has almost Come and Gone, but HIV and AIDS Linger.
What Is World AIDS Day? Started in 1988, WORLD AIDS Day was the first global health day. We remember what was considered a plague (AIDS) back then and how it took the lives of 100,000 + New Yorkers alone. It’s a day to acknowledge our progress in HIV prevention and treatment around the world and…
Are You Transgenderally Aware?
This past week was annual Transgender Awareness Week, culminating today in Transgender Remembrance Day against transphobia. I have been thinking all week of a transgender man whom I interviewed for my co-authored book When Your Child Is Gay: What You Need To Know (Sterling, 2016). This young man had told me that if he hadn’t…
What’s With The Profiles This Week?
This week, I noticed that Facebook people had turned their profiles gray, black or white. I thought they might have done this for upcoming Halloween. Upon closer observation, I learned that those faces had turned color for National Asexual Awareness Week, celebrated October 23-29th this year. Listen, Believe and Respect Founded in 2010 by Sara…