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Limbo Marriages

Glenna DeJong, 53, and Marsha Caspar, 51, from Lansing, Michigan have been together for twenty-seven years. They, the first gay couple in Michigan, were married last week, but now found…

“One Bad Apple Doesn’t Spoil The Whole Bunch”

Last week, I wrote about Mark Regnerus’s negative flawed study of children growing up in same-sex households.  Even the Sociology Department at the University of Texas (Austin) where Regnerus works…

Mark Regnerus, Again

The U. Texas Sociologist Testifies in Michigan Against Gay Marriage & Adoption Why is the author of a disputed gay parenting study from 2012 been chosen as an expert at…

Unfinished Business

Chelsea Clinton was wise when she said that LGBT rights are the unfinished business of the 21stCentury. Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. said “fighting for gay and lesbian rights is…

Take Care of Those In Your Heart

February is National Heart Month. Most  magazine articles and health columns stress the physical aspects of a healthy heart: the alarming statistics of heart attacks in the U.S., heart attack signs…

What Do Punxsutawney Phil, GLBT Kids & Their Straight Parents Have in Common?

Today is February 2nd, Groundhog Day.  People gathered this morning at Gobbler’s Knob, a wooded knoll just outside of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, 65 miles NorthEast of Pittsburgh.  Like the ancient Greeks,…

State of the Union for Straight Parents

All parents worry about their children, but those of LGBT kids, fret perhaps more so.  Often, their children are regarded as inferior by heterosexuals. However, parents, knowing that great strides…

Another 1/2 Ass Solution for Boy Scouts

New policy Allows Gay Youth, Not Leaders New membership practices of The Boy Scouts of America went into effect on January 1, 2014. Last May, delegates at the Boy Scouts’…

Aaron Schocking News?

     As the parent of a gay child, I always root for the LGBT people who make successes of themselves for they provide good role models for the gay…

There’s No Place for Coming Out for the Holidays!

Some tips for Gay Kids for a More Peaceful Holiday with Straight Folks Do’s and Don’ts For the Holidays:  Don’t push your agenda on your relatives.  While you may want…

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Whose Life Is It Anyway? Many parents have trouble believing that their teens are gay.  To them, it’s a phase that their kids are passing through.  They can rationalize all…

Salvation Army’s Latest Move More Than A Mere Drop In The Bucket

In the past few years, I have avoided the Salvation Army bellringers outside of Publix and the Post Office.  As cute as their volunteers look with their elf-like caps, colorful aprons,…

What is Sex? Most Parents & Kids Don’t Know

Seems as if people can’t agree on what constitutes sex. It’s whatever you want it to be.  Is the twelve year-old girl who “goes down” on a boy not having…

October is National Bullying Prevention Month

October 17  Is Spirit Day To Support LGBTQ Youth Started in 2010, GLAAD Spirit Day is a way to take a stand against LGBTQ bullying after many LGBTQ teens took…

World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10.

Rejected LGBT Persons Particularly Vulnerable to Suicide Suicide is a growing public health crisis. There were more than 38,000 suicides in 2010 in the United States, an average of 105…