When Your Child Is Gay
What Is IDAHOT?
IDAHOT sounds like a new potato to rival the french fries at McDonald’s. But it’s much more widespread and important. May 17th is IDAHOT day. So, what is it? It’s…
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH
Homophobia, the stigma of being LGBT, and discrimination can all affect the mental health of your child. How do you know if your child is well-adjusted to his sexual orientation? …
What Your LGBT Child Wants To Hear From You
You don’t want to be blindsided when your child comes out to you. Nor do you want to yell at your child (“you can’t be!”) or doubt his revelation (…
The Gender Spectrum Defined
Dictionary 101 for Straight Parents Once Upon a Time, we lived in a binary world with Dick, Jane, and Spot. Girl wore dresses, boys wore…
Prepare for GLSEN’s Day of Silence, April 21
As a parent, you want to ensure your child is safe at school. This is also the goal of GLSEN, Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education Network, the leading national educational organization…
Those Who Object To LeFou Are Fou!
Those Who Object to Le Fou Are Fou! I took my kids, then 6 and 11, to see “Beauty and the Beast” on Broadway in 1994. Terrence Mann played the…
Conversion Therapy Busted With 20/20 Undercover Investigation
Last night, I watched with horror the testimony of gay boy named Lucas who ran away from a Restoration Youth Camp in Alabama. His adoptive Christian parents from Naples, Florida…
U.S. History’s First
When Gavin Grimm’s ACLU lawyers argue his case, Gloucester County School Board vs. G.G., scheduled for March 28th, it will be the first major decision on whether transgender people are…
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, 1939 Mr. Gavin Grimm Goes to Washington, 2017
In the popular movie of 1939, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Gary Cooper plays an unassuming honest senator from Montana who takes on corrupt Washington politicians. This week, a shy,…
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…
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…
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…
The Golden Rule In Action!
Remember your mother and your Sunday School teacher telling you to treat others as you wish to be treated? One of the largest bullying-prevention initiatives in schools throughout the United…