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[kinsey] The Changing Definition Of Family: Results From A Multiyear Survey
Is there a natural, universal definition of what makes a family? Nope. A new study finds that the definition of "family" varies and changes over time.
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Want A Happier Marriage? Shut Up And Get In The Kitchen.
A few days ago, Paula Szuchman, an editor of The Wall Street Journal, offered a few tips for Newsweek readers (especially women) on making their marriage happier. She points to thinking “economically”...
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Wow! People Sometimes Date “Outside Of Their Race”
Hearing or reading about Mildred and Richard Loving — the “Loving” half of Loving vs. Virginia – always warms my heart. In the midst of fierce racism and on-going legal and political battles over the...
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[kinsey] Who Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Americans?
How many Americans are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender? And, who are they? A recent Gallup/Williams Institute poll gives new insight into LGBT life.
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Protecting Science From Harm, Protecting Against Harmful Science
The activists are coming! And, so they should. A supposedly “debunked” study by Mark Regnerus that does not employ valid measures of lesbian couples worked its way right into a US Supreme Court case...
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Reflections On Self-Doubt In Academia
In her latest blog post, “On Racism, Inferiority, and the Self,” sociologist Crystal Fleming reflected on the sense of inferiority that too many members of oppressed groups feel. She notes: What I...
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Link Roundup: Equality And Diversity In Academia
Later this summer, I will be joining my colleagues in sociology for our annual national conference, hosted by the American Sociological Association. This year’s theme is “Interrogating Inequality:...
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A King’s Dream, 50 Years Later
Today kicks off a week-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, best remembered by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,’s “I Have A Dream” speech. For so many reasons, it...
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Dissertation Acknowledgements
Last night, I received a sweet email from a friend telling me how much she appreciated the acknowledgements section of my now bound and electronically available (albeit behind a pay-wall) dissertation....
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Homophobia, Biphobia, And Transphobia As Sexual Violence
A few weeks ago, I watched (and loved) the film, Gun Hill Road. One scene of the film hit me in the gut, hard. The film’s lead character, Vanessa Rodriquez (played by Harmony Santana), a young Latina...
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When Being Queer Was My Little Secret
Last weekend, my partner and I went to a thrift store run by the local LGBT community center. As we had on previous visits, we perused the store’s library. I followed my usual routine: LGBTQ books,...
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Teach Boys To Write And Reflect
At the time of writing this, this is my third blog post — all scheduled for later dates. No, not just because there is an icy mess outside, keeping me indoors. I am on a writing roll. When work...
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A Night I Will Never Forget: Seven Years Out Of The Closet
No, as the title might suggest, this is not a post about a party I had to celebrate the seventh anniversary of coming out of the closet, embracing and publicly announcing my (now) queer sexual...
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Homophobia, Biphobia, And Transphobia As Sexual Violence
A few weeks ago, I watched (and loved) the film, Gun Hill Road. One scene of the film hit me in the gut, hard. The film’s lead character, Vanessa Rodriquez (played by Harmony Santana), a young Latina...
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