Recovering Straight Girl

Since I blogged Part I and II of this long-broken up post I have visited a couple of news and other blogs that have covered the story. What I found was that commenters on the the US sites were quick to say horrible and awful things about this couple and their decisions and also […]

A gentleman named John left a comment on the post I wrote, Pregnant Father about the terminology and differences between Sexual Identity and Gender Identity. In his comment he asked a question and for some help understanding these concepts.
Hi, I’m trying to understand all the terminology here. To be honest, I’m preparing for […]

Legal Definitions.
The gentleman and his wife that I wrote about in my previous post, Pregnant Father, is a Female to Male transgender, legally a man and legally married to a woman.
This brings up some very interesting issues about legalities and sexual identity, I believe somewhat simplifying the entire issue to its most basic sense.
This story […]

LeLo sent me a link to an interesting article in The Advocate yesterday.
A legally married Oregon couple are pregnant with their first child. Ordinary stuff, yes? This couple is a tad bit out of the ordinary and because of this fact they are facing a tremendous amount of dissension and discrimination. Not […]

Something to think about today. It’s a thought that I had and discussed with HG over the weekend. Is Marriage a Right or a Privilege? What makes something a “Right” and what makes something a “Privilege?” We’ve always been told that “Driving is a Privilege, not a Right,” and “Voting is […]

This has been an unbelievable couple of weeks for discrimination against my family and families like ours.
First, the whole Sherwood Middle School play issue.
Then, Sally Kern and her big ugly words.
Then yesterday, Oregon State Senator Gary George (R-McMinnville,) gave an interview to the fabulous Stephen Marc Beaudoin from Just Out Newsmagazine.
He is one of the […]

Dear Ms. Kern,
I am a lesbian woman in a committed relationship with my partner; the two of us are raising three daughters (9, 10, and 13) in the suburbs of Portland, Oregon.
Not only was I horrified to hear the news clip with the hateful words that you spoke about me and my family–my children heard […]

Students from a Sherwood, Oregon Middle School performed an amazing and authentic performance about bullying in school. The overall theme: we all must stand together against discrimination. Administrators in this school banned the play as it was written citing that the theme was “too mature.” I took my wife and my daughter […]

The students at Sherwood Middle School voted to not change their controversial script and instead decided that they would move their performance to a “friendlier” venue.
The performance of “Higher Ground” will take place this Sunday at 2:00 at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. Donations will be accepted at the door to defray […]

Leap Day, also known as Bissextile Day is observed every four years. Or more accurately in any year that is divisible by 4 except for century years that are not divisible by 400. What a complicated world that we live in.
I’m just happy that the Bissextile’s get some recognition every once in a […]