The OTHER L-word: Lice!
Rainbow troll probably does not have lice. Probably. Our family got lice over the summer. It was absolutely awful. Truly terrible! It was expensive, and it was stressful, and it lasted far too long. In...
View ArticleThe Salvation Army and the LGBT Community
When do we start to forgive? Personal anecdote time: I was abused as a small child. I’ve held a grudge for the last twenty-five years, and it has only began to heal in the last two years. So I’m not...
View ArticleThe Blazing Fire: LGBT Jewish Identity on Hanukkah
Hanukkah, for those of you who are unaware, is the holiday where we Jews, lead by the Macklemores, defeated the Egyptians, stormed the castle, and had eight nights of drunken, pyromaniacal revelry, as...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to Screen Time
Winter break is my least favorite break. Aside from the complex and difficult emotions it can contain–no matter how much we queer it up–it’s tough. There’s the fact that it is two whole weeks, which...
View ArticleA Dad by Any Other Name
There’s a dilemma that pretty much faces every parent who transitions after children come into their lives. What does my kid call me? There is usually a post about this on the more popular trans...
View ArticleInterview with Author of Jacob’s New Dress
Photo Credit: Albert Whitman & Co. One day, a few months ago, I happened across a book at A Room Of One’s Own, our locally owned feminist bookstore. It was called Jacob’s New Dress. I cracked it...
View ArticleTrans 101: DOs and DON’Ts
So someone you know is transitioning. Maybe it’s someone you know closely, or maybe it’s someone you’ve never heard of, but who is famous even though you’ve never heard of them until people started...
View ArticleTarget Goes Beyond Gender Stereotypes
When you think of Target, do you think of: A) the place you go for a package of toilet paper and come out with sixteen different household items? B) that little bull terrier (whose name, I just...
View ArticleTo the Bigoted Mom at Walgreens
To the bigoted mom at Walgreens, Hi! I don’t know you, and you don’t know me. But I do know your son. He was in my kid’s class last year and this year. He has trouble reading. I know this because I...
View ArticleSex is a Funny Word: Interview and Giveaway
In 2012, I donated to a Kickstarter campaign for a little book called What Makes A Baby, which is STILL on the top of my list to recommend to parents. (You can see my blog post about it here.) To my...
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