When my son Harry was two, I’d never heard the word transgender. The year was 1992, and the terms gender nonconforming, gender creative and gender expansive just didn’t exist yet.... read more →
More than a dozen family photo albums are scattered around my apartment this week. I’m supposed to be picking out which pictures will appear in my upcoming book, but it’s... read more →
Pacifier? Check. Sippy cup? Check. Scraps of bread? Check. I snapped the safety strap of the red-and-white-striped umbrella stroller across three-year-old Harry’s waist.... read more →
“Today her name is Ahna,” said the woman with the stroller, answering the question posed by the lady in line behind her at the crowded Park Slope post office late yesterday... read more →
Let’s surpass the cookie goals of some Girl Scouts in need of joy this year. Just click on a name in the list link to see who hasn’t filled their goal yet. 💚🍪💚 … See MoreSee Less
It’s been 9 years since I met performer, activist, gender discombobulist and noted Queen of Ireland Dr. Panti Bliss-Cabrera after her show at the Irish Arts Center in NYC. And 10 years since she gave her impassioned speech on homophobia at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. Her masterful address still resonates and is at the top of my LGBTQ+ History Month archive.I think you, too, will be struck by her speech. You can watch it on YouTube (bit.ly/48hQiRh). And then think about how you would feel to be given fewer rights than others, or be deemed not worthy of existence. Btw, this is not a selfie. I know better than to cut off a drag queen’s hair!#lgbtqhistorymonth #lgbtqhistoryPanti Bliss#dignity#freedom#lgbtqrights#transrightsarehumanrights … See MoreSee Less