One day last week I opened the mail and found myself rifling through the usual mix of catalogs, bills and direct mail pieces. There was the direct mail addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Joan Garry and then of course, the letter addressed to Eileen's deceased mother informing her that her...

The press is all over Jesse Jackson's unplugged comment. And I so appreciate the media working so hard to shelter me from the actual comment. They left some blank spaces when they printed the story. I was grateful. I have delicate ears.

From what I am able to gather,...

A few years back, Bill O'Reilly suggested to me that gay pride parades were a big problem for the gay rights movement. These parades shoot your movement in the foot, he told me in front of his faithful viewers one night in June (including my mother). His argument of course,...

In the spirit of full disclosure, I don't have a significant personal ex. Eileen and I have been together forever. Trust me when I say I am proud to say I am a one woman gal.

So Hillary is as close to an ex as I plan to have.

Just...

Yesterday, Governor David Paterson directed the state of New York to honor same sex marriage licenses performed outside the state. David Paterson is my new favorite person.

When David was a kid, and his parents would go out of town, he and his brother would stay with dear family...

For those of you with access to the Saturday New York Times, have a look at the front page story story: "Where to Catch the Sights, Sound and Smell of a Campaign." You can also click here to read it. But my observations are not about the text. The...

Hunter College just released the results of a comprehensive study, touted by the institution as the most comprehensive study of lesbian, gay and bisexual attitudes and behavior to date.

When the results went public, the headline news was that its finding that roughly 2.9% of Americans are lesbian, gay or...

This afternoon, the California Supreme Court recognized that same sex couples have a constitutional right to marry under the State Constitution.

In view of the substance and significance of the fundamental constitutional right to form a family relationship, the California Constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil...

Maybe I'm just trying to distract myself from "Democratic Celebrity Death Match." But I don't think so. I've been quite focused this week on the cover story of this past Sunday's New York Times Magazine -- the story called "Young Gay Rites." Do take a minute to read it...

I recognize that the Pope is probably not a big fan of mine -- I'm a member of that pesky gay and lesbian club -- but I must say I was impressed with him this week.

He clearly hasn't come around on the gay issue. My friend Hilary Rosen...

I know in my heart that if I walked down the street wearing an American flag pin, people would assume that I was Republican. Furthermore, they would assume that I was a conservative Republican.

For the record, I am neither.

How did this happen? Did we Democrats send...

I have now seen three episodes of the new reality show Oprah's Big Give. It's good that Oprah isn't full of herself, isn't it? To be fair, she probably doesn't want to confuse it with anybody's else's big give.

The basic idea behind this show is more than admirable....

Senator Obama claims that he represents a new kind of politics - that he is a uniter, that he can bring people together and that he will bring a fresh, new approach to Washington politics.

I'd like to see some proof.

I want to see a "wow" move - a...

This past Sunday, George Stephanopolous asked John Edwards if the "alliance" he seemed to be creating with Senator Obama was one of convenience or conscience. That's when I knew that reality television had crept into politics. Or maybe my household watches too much Survivor. Actually I think both are true....

It has been a fascinating exercise. Eileen and I won this item at a school auction. A fellow parent creates a comic book for and about our family. Through our purchase, we raised money to promote the education of our kids, but the process of considering your family as comic...

I see them everywhere. Everywhere I turn I see or read about these books encouraging you to see things before you die. 1000 Places to See Before You Die, 1000 Places in the U.S.A. and Canada To See Before You Die. There is also one called 500 Places To Take...

Senator Larry Craig attempted to defend himself yesterday. "I am not gay. I never have been gay." He said it like he meant it. I actually hope he did mean it. I don't want him in my club anyway.

The problem is, as I see it, is that Larry...

Q: What's the only thing worse than one sobbing type A mother dropping her daughter off at college?

A: Two sobbing type A mothers dropping their daughter off at college.

Our daughter Scout leaves for college in 10 days. I don't want you to get the wrong idea -...

It's unusual when a line from a play or film sticks with you but I think we all carry a handful of them around with us. I've been thinking about one in particular recently -- from the Bernard Pomerance play, The Elephant Man. In a painful wail, John Merrick begs...

At our house, we've tried to instill in our kids an understanding of the power of apologies. Each of our three kids has wound up in "time out" not for whatever the action was but for the refusal to apologize.

Apologies come in all different forms but typically the best...