Tag Archives: GLBT

Freaky Friday: Gay marriage opponent does an about-face.

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Dr. Sheila

David Blankenhorn, known for testifying in favor of California’s Proposition 8, has come out in support of gay marriage. Instead of fighting gay marriage, I’d like to help build new coalitions bringing together gays who want to strengthen marriage with … Continue reading →

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Quick post: On supporting marriage.

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Dr. Sheila

Sociologist Phillip Cohen, who writes the excellent blog Family Inequality, appeared on Talk of the Nation recently as a guest alongside the head-desk worthy economist Isabel Sawhill who recently brought single-mom bashing into the 21st Century. He points out that … Continue reading →

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Quick post: A great example of using one’s privilege for good.

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Dr. Sheila

This post from Bruce Reyes-Chow is a great example of a concrete answer to the question I tried to address in my previous post, “well what do you expect me to do if I have this privilege you’re talking about?” … Continue reading →

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Should AAMFT ask members to convene in North Carolina?

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Dr. Sheila

I just sent this email to the AAMFT Board of Directors (edited so that links are hyperlinks): —- Dear AAMFT Board: I hope you will read this and other news stories about Amendment 1 which just passed in North Carolina.  … Continue reading →

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MFT and the Culture Wars

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Dr. Sheila

Over at his excellent blog MFT Progress Notes, my friend and colleague Dr. Ben Caldwell has been regularly blogging about the issue of therapists who have religious or moral objections to homosexuality.  There has been a flurry of legal cases … Continue reading →

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Bad Santa: Part II

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

Yesterday I started in on ruining Christmas for everyone, or at least Jimmy Kimmel and some of his fans, by pointing out that his “Give your kids a terrible present and film it” challenge was… not actually that funny, when … Continue reading →

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A little linkspam

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

I’ve been working on a post about family therapy and the “Occupy” movement for what seems like weeks now, and meant to get it finished over the Thanksgiving holiday, but other projects got in the way.  (I mean what would … Continue reading →

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Outdated psych textbooks on sexual orientation

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

At our 2011 AAMFT talk, I used a few comics from one of my favorite web cartoonists, Eyeteeth of Small Peculiar.  She is working on a cartoon-based book about Walter Freeman, the infamous lobotomist, and has an interest in the … Continue reading →

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“Big Big Love” and fat sexuality

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

My friend Hanne Blank is an author and scholar with far-reaching interests and tastes.  She has written a history of virginity, and has a history of heterosexuality coming out in early 2012, but she has also written and edited books … Continue reading →

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“Queer Science” PowerPoint

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Dr. Sheila

By editing out a couple of video clips (the “Always My Son” video I linked to here, and a clip from the excellent documentary “Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She” – the relevant clip seems to be up on YouTube … Continue reading →

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