Read LGBT Books, Win Prizes
I was delighted to discover the new(-ish) blog GLBT Reading, home of the GLBT Challenge 2010. The goal of the site is to encourage people to read books about GLBT topics and/or by GLBT authors.
To participate in the Challenge, simply read relevant books (or short stories, poems, or essays), post reviews on your blog, and enter the Challenge as directed. Participants will also be entered into drawings for a variety of prizes.
There are also mini-challenges each month, in which people are encouraged to read and post about books on particular topics. The mini-challenge for February is People of Color, and for March it is Graphic Novels. Young Adult works are coming up in April, and Picture Books in September, among other categories.
I know many of you are voracious readers. Go show GLBT Reading some love!

6:07 am

As a journalism teacher at the University of Oregon, I ask my students to write a piece of social commentary and submit it to a newspaper or magazine. Usually, they complete the task without complaint. But last year, a talented young writer named Emily balked at my request. 
Here is the eleventh in my series of quotes from Who’s Your Daddy? And Other Writings on Queer Parenting. I’ll be running them for a couple of weeks courtesy of the book’s editor, Rachel Epstein. I’m choosing the quotes I feel are most intriguing and thought provoking; I don’t always agree with the sentiments, but I hope they will spur some discussion in the comments and encourage you to seek out the book for yourselves.





Mombian YouTube Channel: Positive videos of LGBT families





