In The Life presents its new episode in April, called Challenging Convention. The show looks at same-sex animals that choose to cohabitate; and the program will be focusing on the children's book And Tango Makes
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Family Equality Council has announced on its blog that February 1st will be the start of Dive Into Diversity Days: National Diversity Book Month for Children.
julia's post on the blog says:
Are you looking for something that can last forever?
Custom Made for Kids offers an adventure book called The First Adventures of Incredible You.
The text of the book can be customized in over 20 ways - including with respect to family structure. Do your kids call you Mom, Mommy, or Big Mommy? How about Dad, Poppa, or Big Daddy? The book allows for any and all titles for the parents or guardians.
Author J.K. Rowling stunned her fans recently when she answered one young reader’s question about the uber popular Harry Potter stories.
Specifically the question was about Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. Who, you ask? For the majority of the book series, Dumbledore is the headmaster of the wizarding school - Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that will require the Department of Education to monitor the way schools adhere to the state's anti-bias laws and specifically mandates the department to ensure the protection of LGBT students.
The Student Civil Rights Act (Senate Bill 777) is making ripples with social conservatives - who fear that progress will ruin their families.
“I want my children to understand everything about the difficulties that gay and lesbian couples are faced with every day, the discrimination that they’re faced with every single day of their lives,” Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards said - responding to a question from moderator Tim Russert, at a New Hampshire debate this week.
Banned Books Week - sponsored by the American Library Association - celebrates the freedom to read. Observed since 1982, the annual event tries to stress the significance of ensuring the availability of all viewpoints to readers.
This year marks BBW's 26th anniversary - September 29 through October 6.