Straight Parent, Gay Kid
Skim Milk Version of Marriage Spoiled, Sort Of
End of Proposition 8 and DOMAOn June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States (Scotus) ruled, 5 to 4, that Section 3 of DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) that defined marriage as only for heterosexuals, was unconstitutional. “By seeking to displace this protection and treating these persons as living in marriages less respected…
June is Gay Pride Month
“June is Busting Out All Over” The Gay Marriage Map June is Gay Pride Month, as recently proclaimed by President Obama. It’s also the most popular time for heterosexuals to marry in any state they choose. Gays and lesbians do not have that privilege. Same-sex marriage is limited to twelve U.S. states and the District…
Boy Scouts Take Baby Steps for Gay Youth
But Still Dance Around Gay Leaders On May 23rd, the Boy Scout Council of America, headquartered in Texas, approved a half-measure that would allow openly gay Scouts into the organization for the first time, effective January 1. The historic decision was approved by 60% of approximately 1,400 volunteer leaders from across the United States. The…
“That’s so Gay “Presumption
I recently read on-line in GAYSTARNEWS, May 16. 2013, that Glee star, Matthew Morrison, aka Will Schuster, Spanish teacher and Glee Club coach, had to come out straight to a magazine writer who thought he was gay. Of course, the writer/interviewer should have done his homework before presuming anything about this talented singer, songwriter, and…
Family is Family. Adoption, Foster Care or Biological
Yesterday was Mother’s Day and I realized how lucky I was to have two children. If it weren’t for adoption and the gift of life from two birth mothers, whom I never knew, I would not be a parent. I would not have been celebrating Mother’s Day nor the past joys that comes from the…
34, Black, and Gay
Which one is defining him? Last Monday, NBA free agent Jason Collins came out in a first person essay in Sports Illustrated online which began “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.” It was a gutsy move as it made the 7’ ex-Washington Wizards center the first openly gay male athlete who…
Boy Scouts of America Speaks with Forked Tongue
O.K. To Lift Ban On Gay Scouts, But Not for Its Leaders Last Friday, the Boy Scouts of America proposed ending its ban, that the Scouts defended before the Supreme Court in 2000, on gay youth while continuing to exclude gay adults from staff or leadership roles. On May 22nd., the 1,400 members at the National…
Shhhh! It’s GLSEN’S Annual Day of Silence
April 19th is National Day of Silence What is The Day of Silence? The National Day of Silence is a day of action in which students in the U.S. vow to take a form of silence to call attention to the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in schools. Founded in 1996 at the…
Tyson Bowers, III, you’ve gone too far this Time!
Re: Facebook story: “Parents Put 16 Year Old Daughter Up for Adoption After Learning She is Gay” There’s a new story circulating via Facebook claiming that a 16 year-old girl named April Chadwell was placed for adoption by her parents because she is gay. The story claims the family is in “Southern Carolina” and decided to…
My So-Called Full Milk Marriage
At age 27, I, and my husband, soon to be thirty, wed. We, knowing of my infertility, walked down the aisle anyway because we wanted to “love, honor, and obey.” Years later, eight to be exact, we adopted a baby boy from a well-known adoption agency in New York City. Five years later, we adopted an…