During the recent Presidential Inauguration, I couldn't help but notice every time the Vice President's wife was announced she was referred to as Dr. Biden and not the Second Lady, as is her political title. Jill Biden is a college professor and the first Second Lady to hold a paying...

Domestic violence. We all know what it is, and plenty of money and volunteer time have been spent helping victims of that trauma try to heal. But what we have never really made strides in is stopping it before it happens. To do so, we need to focus on the...

Baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie.  How much more American can you get this Fourth of July? I'm not sure if Andy Lipman will be eating those delicacies this holiday, but baseball is certainly on the agenda.  That's because Andy will get to throw the first pitch at the Atlanta...

Sex toys can be dangerous, whether or not they are in use.  I learned that lesson while running a random errand a few days ago.

Now I am not a sex toy kind of girl, which may come as a surprise to many who assume all lesbians are. However,...

"Confidence is what happens when you've done the hard work that entitles you to succeed."
--Pat Summitt

Any player adorning a University of Tennessee Lady Volunteer jersey had every reason to walk around Knoxville with confidence. The fact that Pat Summitt was their leader inspired the rest of us...

A civil rights march for the gay community. Joe Knudson told me that that idea popped into his head last year after readers of his book, Living the Difference, revealed that they didn't know LGBT citizens were not granted the same rights and privileges allowed all other segments of society.

As a lesbian, I am consistently asked how I feel about gay marriage. I respond to those inquiries with the explanation that having a choice is always better, and that I wish I could legally marry in my home state of Georgia. I am often surprised by the number of...

Celebrities love publicity, but not all publicity is good. Especially on Twitter. The famous are learning that just because you say something on Twitter in 140 characters doesn't make it less offensive. Sometimes that lesson comes at a high cost.

Last weekend, Patricia Heaton deleted her account after...

Neil Millman wanted to give me some pointers about what was ahead of me. As I walked into his hospice room, I knew it could just as easily have been my room.

The cancer that is attacking his body may, in part, be the result of taking drugs for...

Michelle Williams, I am sorry. Please let me explain.

My first introduction to Michelle was when I casually watched Dawson's Creek, and it was clear to me that she was the most talented actor on the show. Whether you loved or hated Jen, that character seemed to reflect the friends...

We miss you, Charlie Brown.

One of my favorite holiday traditions is sitting down to watch A Charlie Brown Christmas. Like so many others, my girlfriend and I watch it every year at Christmas time and play its soundtrack throughout the holiday. But this time I saw it differently....

"It's not for him, it's for me."

That's the common response I hear whenever I ask a woman why she chose to have breast enhancement surgery. Never once have I heard a woman come right out and admit to going under the knife for her man. Instead, they blame everything...