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10 Things Your Gay Child Does NOT Want to Hear From You
You may consider it a compliment that your gay child feels close enough to you to reveal his true self, especially if he thinks his revelation is going to disappoint…
What to Say to Your Child’s Coming Out
Prepare Yourself for the Unexpected Most parents, according to research, are broadsided by the child’s news that he or she is gay. Like many parents, you may have suspected that…
Bert and Ernie Snuggle on New Yorker Cover
Conservatives Act As If It’s a Punch and Judy Show Put Sesame Street’s popular and long-standing muppets “Bert and Ernie” snuggling on the cover of the erudite New Yorker (…
Skim Milk Version of Marriage Spoiled, Sort Of
End of Proposition 8 and DOMA On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States (Scotus) ruled, 5 to 4, that Section 3 of DOMA (Defense of Marriage…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…