National Nutritional Month
Which Age Group Resists Marriage Equality?
The latest Gallup poll in early May is certainly encouraging for the support for same-sex marriage. Sixty percent of respondents (5% higher than 2014) say they were in favor of…
May 17 = Commemoration Day for Victims of LGBT Inequality
What Is International Day (May 17) Against Homophobia?IDAHot’s main purpose is to raise awareness of violence, discrimination and repression of LGBT awareness worldwide. Its purpose is to educate as it advocates…
Reflections of Motherhood on Mother’s Day
Intro to the Davidsons 101 The Davidsons are a motley crew: The parents come from different backgrounds. The husband is a Southerner who learned to fish with a cane pole,…
Supreme Court Argues Gay Marriage Tomorrow
What’s At Stake on April 28th? The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the marriage cases from Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. All of these states have marriage…
LGBTQ Alphabet Primer
About a year ago, April 1, 20014, I write a blog entitled http://www.straightparentgaykid.blogspot.com/2014/01/14/not-your-mother’s alphabet-anymore/. A year later, the gender spectrum still confuses readers. In fact, two days ago, a writer…
It’s Not Too Late To Be SILENT!
GLSEN’s Day of Silence Is April 17 GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, whose mission is to “ensure that every member of every school community is valued and…
Child Abuse Is Not Just Physical
April is National Child Abuse Awareness Month “The physical wounds (of child abuse) heal but research is showing that the effects on a child’s social, emotional and future physical health…
Have SCOTUS Settle Gay Marriage Once And For All!
On April 28th, The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will hear arguments in favor of a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Mary L. Bonauto, a lawyer and prominent…
Religious Freedom Bill Enslaving
With the public’s growing acceptance of same-sex marriage, there seems to be a desperate push to put into operation draconian outdated (1993) religious protection laws. Already passed by twenty states,…
Boycotting LGBT Hurts Feelings, Business Income, And Tarnishes State’s Reputation
First, the bakeries refused to make cakes for same-sex weddings. The florists reneged on doing the flowers for gay weddings. The hotels were all set to have weddings for couples…
Are Straight Kids “Hurting” With Same-Sex Parents?
Heather Barwick seems to think so. Now, a mother of four in South Carolina, Heather, a heterosexual, whose mother left Heather’s father for another woman, does not support gay marriage.…
It’s Not About Being Irish
New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is 253 years old this March 17th. Saint Patrick’s Day or Feast of St. Patrick is a cultural and religious celebration of the…
Is Pride School Atlanta Another Form of Segregation?
I recently read that Atlanta was going to create the region’s first non-profit school for LGBTQQIA educators, students and families. Called Pride School Atlanta, it would cater to pre-K to…