As a preteen I had a love affair with Lisa Frank. I had stacks of sticker books filled with stickers from all over the place. I even had them arranged in categories and every weekend my friends and I would get together and trade our stickers. All of us were attempting to collect as many [...]
Blog Action Day is an annual non-profit event that asks bloggers to simultaneously discuss a single issue each year on October 15th. The aim of the event is to trigger widespread discussion around a global issue through niche-focused articles that appeal to their respective audiences. The event began in 2007 when a group of bloggers [...]
I’ve always had a thing for fireflies. As a kid we used to trap them in jars and watch them light up. How delighted was I to see a new chat program in Beta called Firefly. So what is it? You should see a Firefly tool bar on the bottom right hand side of your [...]
Conference call to include Rep. Ellen Tauscher and hearing witnesses, address the need to repeal discriminatory policy
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, July 22, the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, the Human Rights Campaign, Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, National Stonewall Democrats and Log [...]
I’m very pleased to announce TLL’s very own advice panel. Myself and four other TLL authors will tackle all of your questions, concerns, and all that falls in between. You may have noticed the new TLL Advice Panel Page. Feel free to take a look and learn about the authors that will be answering the [...]
The meat and potatoes of TLL has always been our stories, or posts if you prefer. The special ingredient has always been the diversity of those stories. In an attempt to reach out to a broader audience I’ve created TLL it’s own Myspace page and Twitter account. I encourage those of you who already call [...]
I felt the need to put my proverbial tuppenceworth into the discussion on gay marriage, for two reasons:
1. Gay marriage is a crucial step in redefining the outdated patriarchal nuclear family and helping ensure that gay couples who so choose can live with certain rights.
2. I got married last month to my partner, on the [...]
Just met this girl and weve fallen hard and fast. She may be my everything.. but she has 2 children at 22?!!!! This is an unheard of language to me.