NBC’s show about two gay dads looking for a surrogate is TV we want to see
Once upon a time, Modern Family seemed like it was breaking new ground when it came to portraying LGBT parents on TV.
Now, NBC’s The New Normaltakes the journey one step further: it’s plot revolves around two gay dads on the hunt for the perfect surrogate.
The show takes place in Beverly Hills and follows Bryan and David, a couple that “has it all” — except for the baby they always wanted. Enter Goldie, a single mom from the mid-west looking to make it in California. She charms Bryan and David and ends up being their surrogate dream girl.
With big talent behind the show (like Glee’s Ryan Murphy, The Hangover’s Justin Bartha and the amazing Ellen Barkin as Goldie’s mom), this show is bound to be the next big thing come fall. Read more...
We want to see the Boy Scouts become the positive cultural institution it claims to be
Many people are shocked to learn that the Boy Scouts of America doesn’t grant membership to anyone who identifies as homosexual. Yep, the century-old American institution has managed to maintain its history of discrimination against LGBT youth and parents right up until 2012. Hopefully, it ends this year.
Jennifer Tyrrell, who spent a rewarding year serving her son’s group as Cub Scout leader, took action after she was fired for being gay. The self proclaimed “patchaholic” was one of the driving forces of her son’s troop’s success. “My goal was to show the troop that we could make a difference in our town of Bridgeport, Ohio,” she said. In the same way she inspired the cubs to take initiative, she designed a petition to call on the Boy Scouts of America to end their ban on LGBT scouts and leaders. Read more...
Turns out, “don’t ask don’t tell” would be a step forward for the Boy Scouts of America, who don’t allow gay adult leaders in their troops, period. After lesbian mom Deborah Tyrrell got kicked out last year, supporters organized a 275,000 signature-strong petition to be presented at the Scouts’ annual meeting this week. Backers included Zack Wahls, who happens to be an Eagle Scout himself and, whose
Internet video declaration of support for his lesbian moms and same sex marriage went viral last year.
While the Boy Scouts are unlikely to change their position on the issue, they claim to “value freedom of expression.” Ugh huh. I say, present the petition in Girl Scout drag, then.
It wasn’t pretty. Anastas’ older teenaged brother rebelled in a bad way and left home as soon as he could. Referring to his moms as pioneers, Anistas says: “We were pioneers, too, but only by proxy. We were not prepared for the savages behind the hedges and the front gates, their radar for what was different about our house.” Read more...
Meri Perra blogs about the challenges she and her partner face in trying to raise their girls with feminist values
I’m not going to preface this with the oldie but nasty, “I don’t have a problem with such and such people.” But some of my best friends are straight. Honest to goodness. But they’re not straight, straight. OK, they are. I’ll tell you though, sometimes my girls forget. Call my girl group a gay straight-alliance in the form of wine-soaked gab sessions.
No don’t. It’s more than that. And Saturday mornings-after are getting too rough, so there’s also an end to that.
Our cheeky gay nephew says that straight friends are like faithful pets. They follow you around, and you can trust them not to steal your partner. I wouldn’t call us that either. My girls trust each other. We check in. We think each and every one of us is great. We laugh more than we cry, but we definitely cry. Almost on cue. Read more...
Meri Perra blogs about the challenges she and her partner face in trying to raise their girls with feminist values
Today after work my partner will go in search of pink hair dye. She wants me to take the time to buy a new dress, like there is something wrong with worn out yoga pants. (There is a lot wrong with worn out yoga pants.) “It’s only once a year,” she tells me when I squawk: “No time! No time!”
Dyke Day is anon, and she wants our family to look good. (And she tells me, have fun.) Half of our family will. Guaranteed. The kids always look great. Hopefully we’ll all have fun.
The kids will be in super hero/fairy princess hats and pink capes. They’ll wave rainbow flags, and both will likely sing: “When I get older, I will be stronger …” on heart-breaking adorable repeat. We’re considering being dykes with tykes on bikes this year. Definitely, once we get there, we’ll search for friends and wonder why we didn’t consider a meet-up spot. Read more...
2. Should you raise your kids to be nerdy? CNN’s LZ Granderson says society places too much importance on athletics and people are taught to look down on the smart kids. Instead, Granderson says we need to take academics a little more seriously.
Meri Perra blogs about the challenges she and her partner face in trying to raise their girls with feminist values
According to our preschooler, Rosa, there are a lot of queer families at day care. Of course, she uses three-year-old vocabulary to tell us what it’s about.
“Do you know that so-and-so has two mommies?” she’ll pipe up at dinner. Then she’ll do the trademark Rosa big smile with eyebrows raised, suck in a deep breath, and wait for our response.
She’s awesome.
According to Rosa, any women picks up kids from day care (such as a grandmother, or auntie) is a mommy. Her three-year-old family queer eye includes deducing that Jane and Micheal Banks have two mommies; they are Mary Poppins and Winifred Banks. But they have a daddy, too. She won’t have her favourite movie interpreted any other way. These days won’t last long. Read more...
