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When The Birds and Bees Only Fly Straight
As the parent of an LGBT child, you may not want to leave sex education to your child’s middle or high school. In San Diego, parents picket sex education at…
If Straight Parents Don’t March, Are We Tolerating, But Not Accepting?
June is considered GAY PRIDE MONTH, but not everywhere. However, you demonstrate acceptance, it should be at your own comfort level. Many LGBT people themselves do not feel it is…
The Baker, The Cake, and The Couple Who Ate Crow
Last Monday, the Supreme Court decided the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission No. 16-11. With just two dissenters, Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayer, the Court ruled in…
Coming Out: It’s Not Your Story!
It’s not a good idea to out your kids. Let them be the messengers. Their stories are highly personal and should be revealed in their own time when they are…
Teacher Appreciate Week May 7-11
Teacher Appreciation Week May 7-11 GLSEN.ORG/thankateacher) For LGBT youth, school can be an ordeal. They can be singled out, bullied, feel unsafe in an environment that’s supposed to be free…
Are Your LGBT Kids Mentally Healthy?
What Parents Can Do To Ensure They Are May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Do you realize that research shows…
“But We Only Did It Once”
I remember seeing this striking headline for a Planned Parenthood ad at New York’s One Club for Art & Copy in 1979. The print advertisement won a Gold Award. Fast…
Transgender Pain Is Visible on Trans Day of Visibility 2018
The career of Danica Roem, the first openly transgender woman to win election to Viriginia’s House of Delegates or the glamorous lives of Laverne Cox or Caitlyn Jenner are…
John Oliver’s Marlon Bundo Is More Than A Parody
Jill Twiss’s parody of Vice President’s rabbit Marlon Bundo hippity-hopped to No. 1 on Amazon a day before the release of Pence’s daughter Charlotte’s children’s book about their real family…
Who’s In Charge When A Child Comes Out?
When a child comes out, the family dynamic changes. It’s a role reversal. The child is perceived as being “in charge.” But you play a vital role. Don’t “roll over…
What To Expect From PFLAG
Parents feel better when they realize that they are not alone and that there are parents like them who are experiencing similar thoughts, feelings and reactions to having an…
Slouching Toward Equality In The Workplace
Gay workers in Connecticut, New York, and Vermont will sleep better tonight knowing that yesterday a federal appeals court in Manhattan ruled that gay employees are allowed to sue their…
Mike Pence Is On Thin Ice with Rippon
Of the fifteen LGBTQ athletes competing in the Winter Olympics, Gus Kenworthy the American freestyle skier and Adam Rippon, the American figure skater have attracted the most attention for their…