By Nancy Ford Happy New Year! As we launch into the third decade of the 21st century, in order to most happily and healthfully embrace our future, it’s essential to learn from the lessons of the past. What better way to do that than to indulge in a little pop quiz, looking back at the

By Nancy Ford Happy New Year! As we launch into the third decade of the 21st century, in order to most happily and healthfully embrace our future, it’s essential to learn from the lessons of the past. What better way to do that than to indulge in a little pop quiz, looking back at the

By Nancy Ford You no doubt noticed it’s almost the law that columnists compile an annual “Best of†list, revisiting the highest and lowest points of the preceding twelve months that caught our eyes and set our tongues to wagging. (Insert how much lesbians love wagging tongues joke here.) And, Lordy, there is a basketful

By Nancy Ford Dear Santa, How the heck are ya, Big Man? Long-time no write, right? Sorry, I’ve been busy being an adult. I’m trying to remember the last time I actually did write to you. I’m thinking I was four or five, back when the world wasn’t so touchy about children sitting on the

By Nancy Ford “The gay couple are looking after the egg very well and take turns in keeping it warm. ——Netherlands’ DierenPark Amersfoort zookeeper Marc Belt. A same-sex pair of African penguins living at a zoo stole an egg from another a heterosexual couple to raise as their own. A different same-sex penguin couple made

By Nancy Ford If ever I was a contestant on Jeopardy, and the category was “FLOTUS Factsâ€, and the clue was “The first lesbian First Lady of the United States,†I would squeeze my buzzer and confidently respond in the form of a question, “Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?†But I would be wrong. Long before

By Nancy Ford “Women’s freedom can’t depend on Washington. It can only come from systematically building women’s power in our economy, our political system, and in every part of our society.†—South Bend, Indiana mayor and Democratic presidential contender, Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg said, if elected, he would invest $10 billion to fight sexual harassment and

By Nancy Ford Don’t look now, but the highest of High LGBTQ Holy Days is already upon us. Happy Halloween! Time to look deep into your closet, push aside your right-wing evangelical second cousin who insists he “just hasn’t found the right woman yet,†and pull out a campy costume. Then hit the streets! Having

By Nancy Ford “When people did ask us, especially early on, it was just kind of a weirdness because it was like guys in their late 20s, early 30s asking teenage girls about their sexuality. I also think we were still finding the language as a society, but also Sara and I, to talk about

By Nancy Ford Hang onto your labias, ladies. Just when you think the War on Women can’t possibly become any more absurd, it does. Canadian gynecologist and author Dr. Jennifer Gunter has a new book called The Vagina Bible — a Newer Testament, if you will to which many women would eagerly become devotees. The book