Archive for November, 2006

ALL POINTS BULLETIN!
Dr. Nanette Gartrell, the principal investigator on the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study, about which I wrote in late October, is going to be interviewed about her study alongside a FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL guest on a call-in radio show on GreenStone Radio between 9:20 and 10:00am, PST, this Monday, November 20.
It’s streamed online, [...]

Out at breakfast the other day with the lil’ monkey, the beloved, and Pops. After an enjoyable meal during which we all agreed with each other about the kidling’s charming precociousness (surprise, surprise!), Pops smiles conspiratorily, gestures with a tip of his head to a neighboring table, leans into me and says, “That boy [...]

Dancing, addendum

In which the geriatric, long-suffering family dog serves as maypole.
(See previous post for accompanying text.)

I’m dancing really easily!
I’m like a merry-go-around!
I’m like a carosel!
I’m like both!

I’m going faster and faster!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I’m like a monkey!

I’m like a dromedary!

I can remember this song* and spin around in circles at the same time!
I’m going crazy!
*One of the gems on Woody’s 20 Grow Big Songs, which are holding up to repetition in the hundreds, [...]

Girls will be girls

Here’s a coloring book/zine that goes nicely with the spirit of the above image: Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls. Should be in every self-respecting lesbian dad’s kiddie book collection. Heck, everybody’s kiddie book collection, man.
More gender liberatory coloring books from the artists here, at girlsnotchicks.com. E.g.:

Post-election addendum

Not surprisingly, Berkeley and San Francisco vote to urge Bush’s impeachment!
San Francisco was one of two Bay Area cities in which voters could call for Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to be impeached. Neither San Francisco voters nor their counterparts in Berkeley passed up the chance — San Francisco’s Prop. J won, [...]

The teeth gnashing, knuckle nibbling, and coffee stirrer shredding begins as we watch what happens when majority rules a nation in which we – here, “we” being LGBT parents – are now and ever will be in the numeric minority. At a time in which the legal and social security of our families has [...]



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