Archive for November, 2006
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Updates! With Both Good and Bad News
First, the good news!
Congratulations to Sarah & BB, who finally got to meet Nicholas Leander on November 18! Congratulations to Jillian, who gave birth to Elias on November 14! Congratulations to Anne and Melissa who welcomed Sophie on November 28! Congratulations to Mere and her family, who had Layne on November 22.
And congratulations to Art-Sweet, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Babies, News!!! by Liza
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Increase in “Out of Wedlock” Births
Every news outlet that I’ve encountered in the last 24 hours has mentioned the story, from the National Center on Health Statistics, that in 2005, the rate of “out of wedlock” births in the US hit an all-time high.
Most also mention that this doesn’t mean teenagers are having more babies; indeed, they are having fewer [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in News!!! by Liza
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
More Jersey Good News
Thanks, Kwynne, for pointing out the story that lesbian parents in New Jersey will now both be listed on their babies’ birth certificates.
Mombian recommends that New Jersey moms follow the advice that the National Center for Lesbian Rights gave to California moms who both appear on the birth certificate. Get a legal ruling that you [...]
No Comments » - Posted in News!!! by Liza
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
Thanks, South Africa!
Yesterday, the South African parliament overwhelmingly passed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage!
Already one of the most progressive governments in the world, with gay and lesbian civil rights protected in the constitution, South Africa has taken that last step to full equality with this act.
One of my favorite comments from their legislative debates on it was [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in News!!! by Liza
Monday, November 13th, 2006
Announcement and Brief Update
Announcement!
Tomorrow, Monday November 13, the 2006 Weblog Awards open for nominations!
Mombian, Lesbian Dad and I have been discussing this for a few weeks, and we hope you’ll agree with our thought that it is time for us to REPRESENT in the parenting blog category!
If each one of you nominated your favorite lesbian family blog (or [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Expecting, News!!!, TTC by Liza
Thursday, November 9th, 2006
More Election Thoughts
It turns out that in at least some cases, the right wing strategy of putting anti-gay initatives on the ballot in order to generate conservative voter turnout, is backfiring!
Wisconsin is one of the states that had an anti-gay initiative on the ballot. Students at many of the UW System campuses registered to vote and voted [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in News!!! by Liza
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
The Election, Mixed Results
First of all, let’s give a great big shout out to the people of Arizona, shall we? Thanks for being the first state to reject a ballot initiative imposing a ban on gay marriage!
And we also have to celebrate the defeat of uber-homophobe Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania. Thanks, people of Pennsylvania!
We should also celebrate the [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in News!!!, The Bad, The Good, The Ugly by Liza
Monday, November 6th, 2006
Don’t Forget to Go Vote!
Please! Take the baby. Take the donor. Haul the bedresting mama in via wheelchair if you forgot to get her an absentee ballot.
This is ESPECIALLY important if you live in Wisconsin, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, or Virginia, where there are anti-gay initiatives on the ballot.
If you live in one of those [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in News!!! by Liza
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Blogosphere Roll-Call: Women from Women’s Colleges?
As a (former) student of the liberal arts, one of the constant phrases in my vocabulary is, “I have a theory about that….”
Recently, I’ve had a couple of online conversations with other lesbian family bloggers, and it’s come up that several of us attended women’s colleges. So now I’m curious — are we over represented [...]