No glitter, plastic gems or sparkly rhinestones decorated the valentine I gave my kid Harry this year. I’m usually drawn to cards with the same items Harry uses for the... read more →
What do drag queens and children have in common? They love dressing up and all things sparkly and fancy. Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is just what it sounds like. Fabulous... read more →
Warning: Triggers for heartbreak, tears and depression. Over the summer 9-year-old Jamel Myles came out to his mom as gay and said he wanted to wear more feminine clothes. She... read more →
NOT BATTING AN EYELASH My friend Sharon and I arrived at Bushwig 2016 last month soon after the doors opened. The “biggest, queerest & most fabulous festival of drag, music... read more →
The lady at the Delta airlines check-in counter yesterday smiled as I handed her my boarding pass. And as the corners of my mouth turned up to greet her in... read more →
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. As I lurched for the remote, my dinner... read more →
My son Harry and I laughed on the phone following a replay of the conversation I’d just overheard between a toddler and her dad while walking my daily loop around Brooklyn’s Prospect... read more →
This week I'm pleased to present a guest post from Naomi, an active member of the generation that's on the... read more →
I don’t write much about kid Harry’s dad Ken, a fine-art photographer and retired executive creative director. We haven’t been married since Harry was nine years old, so he appears mostly... read more →
(This piece also appears on HuffPost Parents.) The first time I saw my only child Harry was a... read more →
