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Cheesy Chicken Cutlets with Arugula
3 May 2011
|4 Ounce, cleaned and dried
|1 Medium, cut into 8 thin slices
|Fresh mozzarella
|1⁄2 Pound, cut into 8 thin slices
|Canola oil
|3 Teaspoon, divided
|Unsalted butter
|5 Teaspoon, divided
|Chicken cutlets
|32 Ounce (8 Pieces, 4 Ounce Each)
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
1. Place the tomato slices on a cutting board or large platter. Top each with one-eighth of the arugula and a slice of mozzarella.
2. Heat 1 1/2 teaspoons of the oil and 1 1/2 teaspoons of the butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Add 4 cutlets and cook until lightly browned on one side, about 2 minutes. Turn and top each with a tomato, arugula, and cheese pile. Cover and cook until chicken is just opaque inside and cheese is melted, about 3 minutes. Transfer to serving plate and cover loosely with foil to keep warm.
3. Wipe out skillet; repeat with remaining oil, butter, chicken, and tomato piles. Serve hot.
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Difficulty Level:Easy
Course:Main Dish
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Oooooh. My cousins think they're too 'cool' for me. Ugh it's annoying. I'm like the outcast of my extended family on my mom's side.
by Gabriella123 on 10/16/2012 9:46:34 PM
When I was eight, my mom's side of the family had a reunion, and my cousin, a boy my age, was super weird. as in, like, maybe he had a crush on me? but I don't know, because how guh-ross would that be?! now that were 12, things are really awkward... at the next reunion, i dont know what to to about it!
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by Luna8844 on 7/14/2012 6:33:35 PM
i wish i had a family reunion. but it would still be like a holiday dinner at my grandma's. BORING! i do stuff there that i could do at my own house.
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My family reunions tend to be pretty difficult. I've had to deal with my cousins getting in a fight one year. And my relatives always ask me really personal questions.
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im clingy to my mom xD gotta stay away from.... everyone!
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I have so many things wrong with my family reuions I literally have to forget everybody and start over again. Well, not everyone, just my cousin- Charlie. Who is sooooo cute but he is such a jerk to me. But not this time, he was really nice to me until he found out that I forgot him. He was so much fun to be around and then he just stopped talking to me, I think he was hurt. So I went up to him and aksed what was wrong and he yelled at me. So I told him why I did what I did and know we are in this big fight. And it totally sucks because I have to go work on his ranch next summer and he is in charge of me and I am sooo scared.
by Peach'N'Cream on 7/2/2012 12:52:38 AM
I always have trouble with my family. I feel like they aren't happy with who I am. Just because I have Tourette's Syndrome, they think of me as "broken". They are constantly trying to find ways to "fix" me, such as changing my diet or finding activities for me to do. My uncle even made me eat sardines everyday because he was sure they would cure me. Seriously! Not to mention the fact that I'm the only girl out of all of my cousins. That means more laser-tag and arcade games with a bunch of little boys. Ugh.
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This post was a life saver & I'm glad I read it!! I am going on vacay in a few days & I have one cousin who I don't get along with well,so I avoid her at all times,but now I know that it's better to try to talk to her and hang out because she's probably not as bad as I thought,and it's been years since we last went,so she's probably matured since then!! Thanks so much GL!!
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Some family reunion ditches that I've had to deal with were having a huge internal debate about whether to dance with my cousins and siblings and not really knowing anyone on my grandfather's side of the family and having to make new friends with relatives I didn't know I had.
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What filler arc is the worst? I believe that the Bount Arc was terrible, but then again, I haven't seen the current one.
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What filler arc is the worst? I believe that the Bount Arc was terrible, but then again, I haven't seen the current one.
I have to agree with the Bount filler. I was soooo bored watching it.
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I'll go with the Bount arc, but the latest batch sounds just as terrible.
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The Bount Arc was terrible. This current arc started good, but it's ending in pure suckage.
And you know what we get after it's over? More fillers....
Bount Arc. Too long and dragged out o_O
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The arc os great, and if you say otherwise
We get to see even more kido spells, and get to see what there zanpakuto look like. AMAZING. It's full of surprises, and the actions is great. there are times where I'm Like.
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The battles are epic, and we get a character from the past who is not just EVIL. Just done wrong, and cocky. He owns Byakuya to the fullest. Making his kido, and senbouzakura look like child's play. I say watch it. If not then watch his fight with Kouga Kuchiki. I said it.
the current one is bad, but the bount arc was so awful i was debating about not watching the show anymore.
I agree that the Bount ark was too long but I found it okay to watch. One thing that made it more acceptable was that it didn't happen in the middle of another story in the way that some of the later filler arks have.
I wouldn't really say there was a worst one as I do start to enjoy the filler arks once I get into them, they are just a bit annoying that they are done at times when the main characters are supposed to be in Hueco Mundo.
What I find worse for filling in time than the filler arks is the recap at the beginning of some episodes. It can take close to four minutes of footage we already have seen.
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if they were going to do filler arcs, i would rather see them with the supporting chracters at the high school. they have had a few episodes of this, but they were kind of silly
i don't like reading mangas until the show is completed. i watch the anime to be entertained. if i read the manga first, chances are i'm going to be disappointed
The bount arc wasnt amazing... and the current one, whilst i dont particularly object to the arc itself its REALLY annoying theyve put it just before the start of the Ichigo/Ulquiorra fight... And would them random episodes about (cant remember his name) TV medium guy and then the two kids from Urahara's shop be considered a mini arc? I hated them episodes... probably cant remember their names from selective memory loss ^^
The Bount arc was exhausting to watch.
I really didn't care for the fight between Kariya & Ichigo.
It felt like it took ages to end...
I also skip any episodes that have Don Kanoji in them.
Bount is the worst.Current filler Arc. was good until they kicked Hollow Ichigo out.
I vote for the Bount arc. It sucked hard. Capt. Amagai wasn't too bad. I haven't seen the Zanpakuto one yet, but it sounds like I won't hate it.
Zanpacto arc is awesome! Spoilers ahead on who fights who.
Kenpachi VS Kuchiki!
The seven stakes of purgatory! ^^ Good thing to know that they will be the last thing you see before you die. ^^
I figured. They pretty much hate each other anyway, or should.
bount arc blowed, just like everyone said. i have been abstaining from bleach during the current arc because i dont want a repeat of the bount arc (40 eps of boredom). i dislike the shorter, "goofy" arcs as well, but i dont care what anyone says, don kanonji is HILARIOUS.
I think the current one has been much more entertaining than the previous arcs and I'm going to have to agree with everyone and say the bount arc was the worst but I also didn't like the Amagai arc either.
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"Daddy, where did people come from before there were people?"
"I don't know, Honey. Some people think there was a guy named God who made us."
"But then who made God?"
"You're very smart, you know."
"Hmmm… let's Google it."
Me: "Did I ever tell you about the time Daddy and I played an April Fool's prank on all our friends?"
Sutton: "No."
Me: "We told them we were adopting a baby from China, and her name was Fu-Ling."
Sutton: "Like 'fooling'?"
Me: "Right!"
Sutton: "It sounds like a Chinese name. That's funny!"
My (real) daughter in 2015, outsmarting most of my friends in 2004.
Happy birthday, Fu-Ling.
In 1994, I moved to Los Angeles to attend film school, and I quickly discovered a local hangout called Barney's Beanery. It was one of those places that hipsters would call a "dive", which meant the décor was fashioned to look old and tacky but there weren't actually any creepy drunks lingering around to bring everyone down. My friends and I used to hang out there and talk about movies, because we heard Shane Black went there to write, and because the menu was full of the kind of deep-fried pub food that we were too young to realize we shouldn't be eating so much of.
Then one day, the one openly gay guy in my MFA program (I wasn't yet brave enough to come out myself) told me why he never joined us when we went there.
"The owners are homophobes," he said.
"No!" I insisted. "That's impossible."
He shook his head. "I can't believe you haven't heard this. There used to be a sign over the bar that said 'Faggots Stay Out'."
I think at this point I probably laughed, guffawed even. The idea was so absurd, not only because it seemed like the kind of blatant Jim Crow bigotry America had supposedly done away with long ago, but because Barney's Beanery was in the middle of the gayest part of town. Walk a couple of blocks in either direction from Barney's and you'd undoubtedly find yourself face-to-jock strap with a go-go boy dancing on a bar.
"You have to be kidding," I said. "It's in West Hollywood."
"Right," he replied. "And have you ever noticed any gay people in there?"
It was my "Soylent Green is people" moment (sorry for the spoiler if you haven't seen "Soylent Green"). He was right. Barney's Beanery was situated among the gayest gay bars in Gaytown, yet it was full of the straightest frat boys you'd ever seen.
Thanks to the internet, I now have photographic proof that Barney's did have that sign, up until the city forced them to take it down in 1985. (Not surprisingly, the word "faggots" wasn't even spelled correctly.)
When my friend told me about Barney's no fags policy, I felt sick. I wanted to retroactively barf up every onion ring I'd ever eaten and every drop of cheap beer I'd ever drunk there on their front steps. One thing was for sure. I was never setting foot in Barney's again.
Now, thanks to the Indiana state legislature and its governor, Mike Pence, millions of people in a Midwest state have the right to do just what Barney's did. Sure, they're not asking to exercise that right quite as crudely, but then again, maybe that's the problem.
I'm not going to argue the merits of this law. If you want to read someone doing that much better than I can, check out Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's eloquent and thorough smackdown of a similar law in Colorado in Romer v. Evans, from 1996. Laws like this are nothing new. They spring from a decades-long effort by well-funded anti-gay hate groups who are determined to legitimize and spread their bigotry. Every few years, these obsessive Grinches regroup with a slightly different strategy, usually in a different state, where they rewrite their last bill and try again. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
They're convinced this is a cultural war, and if it is, I'm ready to admit that it might not be one we can win. Sure, we can boycott Indiana, but then the people who got this law passed will just cry oppression even louder, and at the same time, we'll end up hurting lots of good-hearted, open-minded Hoosiers who are as disgusted by the law as many of us out-of-staters are.
I'm tired of fighting back, and I'm tired of arguing. I'm tired of using my time, money and energy trying to force bigots to make me a wedding cake. We both think someone's trying to infringe on our freedom, that the other side is out to oppress us. Again, I could argue this point, but I'm tired of it. They're not going away. They're determined to win.
So I say it's time to let them.
They want the right to discriminate? They can have it.
You don't want to cater my gay wedding? You don't have to.
You don't want to give me the family rate at your pool club because our family happens to have two dads? Fine with me.
You're a jeweler who's willing to turn down the sale of two diamond rings because the women buying them plan to give them to each other? Hey, it's your business.
There's just one catch.
You know those signs that businesses put up that say "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone"? Well, from now on, if you choose to reserve that right, you have to hang one of those signs on your front door.
And you have to be specific.
Your God won't let you sell me a cake? No problem. Just post this in your shop window:
That spares me the embarrassment of coming inside your business only to get turned away, and it saves you the unpleasantness of having to tell me to my face that you don't think I'm morally upstanding enough to savor your rich buttercream frosting. It's win-win.
In fact, why limit this to gays? How about a sign like this instead:
It's customizable! You don't want to serve African-Americans? Write your favorite slur in the appropriate spot. Jews make you uncomfortable? Fill in the blank. This one sign will work for whatever group of people you find distasteful. Muslims? Transgender people? The disabled? Did you see the sign? Buh-bye!
You don't even have to claim religious oppression to do this. I don't care what your reasons are, and I don't care what you put in that blank, whether it's my group or not. If I see that sign in your window, I'll just quietly move on and give my business to someone else.
Because here's what I think:
I think, if you're really willing to own your right to discriminate, you won't just lose the business of whatever minority you feel your bottom line can do without. You'll lose everyone who sees discrimination for the divisive, un-American garbage that it is. You can't spit on me and then act all nice and innocent with my straight friends, not anymore. You want the right to refuse someone service because of who they are? Put your money where your entrance door is, and see who's still willing to walk through it.
A lot has changed since Barney's Beanery took down their sign. (Even Barney's, now under new ownership, seems to have made peace with the community.) Back then, there were no such thing as straight allies. Well, judging from my Facebook feed, my straight friends have my back, and I have the backs of all my friends, too, no matter which model in a Benetton ad they most resemble. Turn away any one of us you want, but only if you're willing to run the risk of losing all of us.
You see, there's one thing you have to remember, and that's that if you have the right to discriminate, so do I… only my sign will look more like this:
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I may have mentioned I'm a dad, with kids to feed. I also have a great, funny story to tell of how I became a dad. So forgive this shameless plug for my book, Mommy Man: How I Went From Mild-Mannered Geek to Gay Superdad, which is available at non-discriminatory booksellers everywhere.
"Daddy, let Santa know that if he buys me that Ariel toy I asked for, I'm going to marry it."
"You can't marry it. Don't you remember last week when you married that stick you found in the street?" (Yes, this happened.)
"Oh, we broke up."
"What? You're only 5. You can't already be on your second marriage!"
"No, it's my third marriage."
"What? Who did you marry the second time?"
"Another stick."
"And you divorced it?"
"You've been married to two sticks?! And now you're getting married again? You can't get married so many times!"
"I'm going to be a man-izer when I grow up."
"A what?"
"A man-izer, like Britney Spears."
"That song is called 'Womanizer', and — wait, you know exactly what that means, don't you?"
"Yup. I'm going to be a man-izer."
"Honey, I don't think we'll be listening to Britney Spears anymore."
"Daddy, I know how to spell boo."
"That's close, but not quite. Try again."
"Daddy, I'm right. Boo is B-I-I."
"No, Honey. Boo is spelled B-O-O."
"Daddy, look…"
"See? B-Eye-Eye."
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Sorry about the lack of posts lately. I hope you're all enjoying your summer as much as I am. If you're a parent anywhere in the NY Metro area, as I am, you've probably flipped through a copy of NY Metro Parents in one of its many incarnations. (I pick up Westchester Parents at my kids' summer camp… or their gymnastics class… or their art class… or….) Well, be sure to check out this month's issue, specifically page 12. That's me! I'm very flattered to have been able to contribute the August 2014 Voices column.
Those of you outside the area can read my post on their website. I'm really proud of this one. It's about trying to raise a daughter to be an awesome, self-assured woman without a mom in the family… and the gay dad guilt that sometimes goes with it.
And if that's not enough for you, maybe it's time to order my book! (Hint, hint!) That's enough reading to carry you through Labor Day!
I hear from people all the time who say they like the blog, but they don't know the whole story about my family. So, in honor of Throwback Thursday, I'm reposting the segment the Today Show did on us. Those of you who've been reading for a while may have already seen it, but for plenty of new followers, it'll give you a good introduction to my funny bunch. Warning: Get your Kleenex ready.
Of course, there's lots more to the story. Funny stuff and stuff you'll need Kleenex for, too. You can read it all in my book, "Mommy Man: How I Went From Mild-Mannered Geek to Gay Superdad," which you can buy at Amazon, Barnes & Noble or pretty much anywhere you like to buy books.
… and if you're in the Northern suburbs of NYC, you can come see me read from it tonight, June 19, 2014, at Anderson's Book Shop in Larchmont, NY. If it's anything like my other readings, it should be a really fun night… and tonight only, you can meet us all. Me, Drew, Sutton, Bennett… plus Susie and Grace, too! You may even get Sutton & Bennett to autograph your book!
If you've ever lived in, visited or heard about Los Angeles, surely you know about the traffic. It's horrible. Unspeakable. Practically unwriteable, but I'll try anyway. Los Angeles traffic is especially bad on weeknights around 7pm, when everyone finally gets out of work in order to crawl home in their fuel-efficient vehicles on the freeway. The only thing worse than the traffic in Los Angeles is the parking, which is just never good, ever. Oh, God, the parking. I cringe just typing about it.
You know what's great about LA, though? The people. I know, they sometimes get a bad rap, but I'm here to tell you that they're solid, through and through. Among the many reasons I love Angelenos is that they're willing to brave the traffic and the parking to support a friend.
My reading last Monday night was, simply put, one of the best nights of my life.
It started when I saw this behind the store:
An assigned spot in Los Angeles? I've never felt like such a big shot.
And then there was this, from the store's flyer for June:
My friend Jessica complimented me on managing to look crazier than John Waters. Oh yes, I'm talking about the Jessica who you may have read about in "Mommy Man". THE ONE WHO TALKS LIKE THIS! She was there, and so were some of the other very special people I wrote about in the book.
If you don't know Book Soup, let me tell you a little about it. It's an old school bookstore, full of books that rise up from the floor and stretch to the ceiling, everywhere you turn. It's the kind of store where you might sometimes have trouble finding just what you're looking for, but you'll always enjoy the search, and along the way, you'll find a dozen things you didn't even know you wanted that look just as great. It's a browser's bookstore, and it's in probably the best spot in West Hollywood, right on Sunset Boulevard, very close to where many of your favorite celebrities have been arrested.
They have fantastic taste in books, and even better taste in the events they choose to host, as you can see from at least 2/3 of the flyer above.
I first heard about Book Soup in the mid-90s when I arrived in LA as a starry-eyed kid. I was interning for Scott Rudin, and it seems like almost every day, someone would yell at me to go to Book Soup and pick up a book. I only dreamed that someday, some starry-eyed kid might get yelled at to go there and buy my book.
I just hope that kid didn't show up last Tuesday, because then, BOOK SOUP WAS SOLD OUT OF "MOMMY MAN."
There were about ten folding chairs set up when I arrived, and they filled up well before the 7pm starting time. People spilled out into every corner and crevice of a very crevice-y store. Close friends. People I hadn't seen in years. People I'd never met before. So many people showed up, it was almost 7:20 before I finally began to read. Drew was so astonished, he made a list of everyone who showed, and he counted almost a hundred people.
They bought up every copy of my book and waited ridiculous amounts of time to get me to sign it. Those who couldn't wait got the next best thing: autographs from my kids.
Yes, after a lot of debate, Drew and I decided to bring the kids, mostly because they really, really wanted to come. They've been to Drew's office many times. It was nice to get a chance to show them what this Daddy does, when he's not shuttling them back and forth to gymnastics class, at least. And it was one heck of an introduction for them. As you can imagine, they were treated like quite the little celebrities.
They had a great time. They sat in the front row, smiling the whole time, and they were delightfully obsessed over by everyone in attendance. (Thankfully, the reading itself, which I slightly censored in their presence, went well over their heads.)
To say the crowd was supportive would be an understatement. They laughed in all the right places and none of the wrong places. They asked great questions and made me feel like Garrison Keillor for a night. (I hesitate to add this, but — aw, screw humility — the store staff told me my turnout was actually even better than Keillor's.)
One of my big regrets of the evening is that I didn't get a picture of Jessica, who seems to be many people's favorite "character" in the book, but I offer you this instead. It's Karyn, the amazing nurse I wrote about in the book. She gave us the tear-jerkingly sweet card on page 268, which I reprinted verbatim, so in a way you could say she was my co-writer. (Her real name, which I don't think she'd mind me sharing, is Katye, and if you ever have a baby, you'd be very lucky to land Katye as your nurse.)
Katye freed up her busy work schedule and drove up to LA from Orange County (which at that time of day takes roughly 100 hours) with some of the other nurses from the hospital where the kids were born. It was truly special to get to see her again and have her reunited with my kids. I was so happy they got to meet her, because she was such a special part of our story and a big chunk of the reason I was in Book Soup in the first place.
There were plenty of gay dads in attendance, including ones Drew and I knew before we became dads (like Jon and Harvey, who proved to us you can get away with having your kids call you both "Dad") and ones who became dads after us, including Todd and Chris, who brought their gorgeous four-month-old daughter with them in a Baby Bjorn. One guest told me he and his husband were just starting their surrogacy journey, and he asked me to sign his book for their future surrogate.
Afterward, those who could stay came out to a bar across the street, which was the perfect way for me to hang onto this magical experience into the night.
If you're in New York, I have good news for you. We're doing it all again — tonight! That's right, Monday, June 16, 2014 at 7pm at the Barnes and Noble on the Upper West Side of Manhattan (2289 Broadway, at 82nd Street). You can expect even more special guests this time, including Susie herself and my friend Greg, who will be very grateful that I'm not reading the sections about him. Plus Drew, of course. Come for the reading, then hang out with us afterward at a nearby location that serves alcohol (TBD).
For those of you in Westchester County, NY, you'll get your chance on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at 6:30pm at Anderson's Book Shop in Larchmont, NY.
If you're in New York, please come. If you know people in New York, please spread the word. (Don't tell the bookstores I said this, but I hope you'll show up even if you're not planning to buy a copy of the book. Still, I'll do my best to convince you.)
And if you're reading this from one of those bookstores, prepare yourself for a big night, because if there's one thing I've learned since moving to New York, it's that the people here are pretty incredible, too.
Last Monday's reading was one of those highly infrequent moments as a writer when it all feels worthwhile, where you can see your words in action and interact with the people who are taking them in. One of the many good friends who was there that night was my old buddy Nick. He was the last one left at the end of the night as the bar was closing down, and he also happens to be one of the best writers I know. If there's ever something I'm trying to say with my writing, I can bet Nick has said it better somewhere himself. So I'm going to let him say this for me, too. This morning, he tweeted this picture with the caption, "Sometimes, rarely, writing feels like this."
For me, last Monday was one of those nights.
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Can't make it to my NY readings? Well, here's the next best thing. Order a copy of my book, scribble "Bennett, Age 4″ in the front and create your own good time by reading it out loud at home. Don't take my word for it. A complete stranger on GoodReads wrote, "I loved this book. It was really fabulous, incredibly funny in some places, incredibly heart-warming in other places… I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good laugh and enjoys a great, quick read." So take her word for it, and pick up your own copy in hardcover or e-version!
If there's one point I've tried to make over and over on this blog, it's that being a gay dad is awesome. People are almost uniformly nice and welcoming. Our kids feel like rock stars. Life is great.
Every once in a while, though, I hear someone make an offhand remark about LGBTQ parents that makes me cringe. And it's not always the usual culprits. Sometimes, we're our own worst enemies, and it's gay people themselves (usually childless ones) who make unfair generalizations about those of us who do have kids.
So, in honor of Mombian's 9th annual Blogging for LGBTQ Families Day (you can see my post from last year here), I want to address some sentiments I've encountered as a gay dad, from both gay and straight people, which I find incredibly wrong-headed and which I'd like to dispel once and for all.
MYTH #1: Gay parenting is just some hip new trend.
I've heard this remark a few times, often from older gay men rolling their eyes in disdain. "Suddenly, everyone's having kids! It's like you can't be seen in Park Slope without one!"
Well, maybe the reason so many gay people are having kids these days isn't that it's trendy. It's that for pretty much the first time ever, we can. As I say in my book, "Mommy Man", I never thought when I was growing up that I'd be able to have kids at all. So when I realized I could, you're damn right I made it happen, and clearly, I'm not alone.
It's only in the last few years that the legal, social, biological and financial barriers keeping LGBTQ people from having kids have begun to come down. At the same time, the legalization of same-sex marriage has made more LGBTQ people comfortable with the thought of having families, because we know our kids will be protected and our families will be recognized for what they are.
So sure, Park Slope might be crawling with gaybies, but if you're thinking this will blow over and all the gay parents are someday going to trade their kids in for pet rocks or whatever the next hot fad is, you're missing the point.
MYTH #2: There's something weird about the way gay people have kids.
As someone whose kids were born through surrogacy, I'm especially used to hearing this misconception, because in vitro fertilization and surrogacy are things many people still don't quite understand. You're free to make your own choices as to how you want to have kids, of course, but as for what went into making my kids, all you really need to know is that the #1 ingredient was love.
My husband and I conceived with the help of his sister, who generously donated her eggs for us. It seems like every time I say this, somebody brings up the issue of incest. Weren't we worried that mixing genetic material from a brother and sister would create some kind of demonic freakbaby?
Well, yes we were worried about that, which is why WE NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED IT. It seems so obvious to me, but I'm starting to wonder whether I should change the title of my book to "We Used My Sperm" just to make sure there's no confusion on anyone's part.
What's really startling about this, though, is that anyone believes for even a moment that we would've broken the ultimate genetic taboo just to have kids. As if, because we didn't do things the "traditional way", all sense of propriety and safety went out the window.
Sure, LGBTQ people have kids through a variety of methods, but when you break them down, they're all pretty much the same. Egg, sperm, uterus. It's just a matter of who those parts belong to that varies. When we have kids, there are no guarantees, and there's often heartbreak. But nature is pretty consistent and the goal is always the same, that one day a kid will go home with a parent or two who loves them.
MYTH #3: Gay parents treat children as accessories.
I would never believe anyone thought this if I hadn't heard actual people say it. But I have. There are people who think gays only want kids because they make good "accessories".
I don't know what gay parents these people know, but the ones I've encountered are every bit as loving, nurturing and dedicated as any other parents. They have to be, or they never would've become parents in the first place.
Having a family when you're LGBTQ is hard. No matter what path you choose – adoption, surrogacy, fostering — it takes an enormous amount of time, expense and every ounce of emotion you have to get to the point where there's a child in your care. I can't imagine anyone actually becoming a gay parent if they're not in it for the right reasons.
The suggestion that this "accessory" mentality exists comes directly from a stereotype – a viciously homophobic one at that – of gay men as shallow and selfish. What's more offensive than to suggest that LGBTQ people would consider a human child to be on par with a Gucci handbag? (And by the way, next to the cost of parenthood, those handbags are a steal.)
If all you want is an accessory, you're better off choosing one that won't throw up on you or scream-sing "Let It Go" at your feet every time you pick up the goddamn phone for five freaking seconds.
As a gay dad, the only accessory I actually have is called a Diaper Dude, and I don't wear it over my shoulder everywhere I go because I'm expecting to be hounded by paparazzi outside of Gymboree. I carry it because it contains spare underpants in case my kids shit themselves when we're away from home.
Glamorous, right?
MYTH #4: Surrogacy is inherently narcissistic.
A lot of people look down on the notion of surrogacy as a needlessly complicated and expensive way to have kids, when there are so many kids out there who need good homes. The implication was that people only choose surrogacy because they want to look into their kid's eyes and see themselves reflected back.
Well, let me make one thing very clear: as a parent, I spend a lot less time gazing lovingly into my children's eyes than staring disgustedly at their poopy buttholes. And trust me, when I'm wiping up their feces, I'm not looking for any resemblance.
Yes, for my husband and me, having kids who share some of our genes is nice. We get to play that, "Which one of you do they look like?" game, and there's nothing wrong with wanting that connection with a child. But outside of that comes the other 99.999% of parenting, which is the same no matter where your kids came from.
Genetics isn't the only reason to choose surrogacy. I've written a post on 6 of the others, but the main one is that legally, no path to parenthood gives gay people nearly as many rights as surrogacy does. Adoptions fall through, and foster kids get taken away, but my kids belonged to my husband and me from the moment of conception. They were ours if something tragic happened or if they ended up with special needs or funny-looking noses. We took the same chances every parent does, and ultimately, they resemble themselves a lot more than they do either of us.
As for all those needy kids, it may sound harsh, but not everyone is equipped to take in a special needs kid or to deal with the legal and emotional complications of fostering. Nobody tells straight people that they shouldn't be having kids of their own, so it's best not to judge how people had their family. "Your family is beautiful" is a compliment that works for any family, so go with that instead.
MYTH #5: Children of gay parents are forced into an unfair legal limbo.
Let me be very clear: I would never have had children with a surrogate if I thought my legal rights would be in question. Yet the myth still exists that surrogates can for custody if they feel like it. I even encountered this mistaken belief in my radio interview last week.
It's not true.
California, where my kids were born, is one of the most progressive states in recognizing gay parental rights. Both my partner and I are listed as parents on their birth certificates, and as I said, we had full legal rights to them from the moment of conception. California recognized the legality of our surrogacy contract, and we had no fears that the surrogate would ever be granted any parenting rights. Had that been a legitimate concern, we would never have taken the risk.
Admittedly, this is one myth I can't wholly dismiss. Gay parents are all over the country, but statutes concerning surrogacy, adoption and foster parenting vary from state to state. As a result, some gay parents are left to take some uncomfortable chances in having children. In some places, same-sex couples are prohibited from adopting altogether, and in others, gay parents have to endure protracted and expensive second parent adoptions, even when they're legally married.
If that upsets you, don't hold it against gay parents, who don't deserve to be discriminated against just because they happen to live in, say, North Carolina. Just realize that the government is behind the times and needs to catch up to the realities of our modern family era.
I just wish I were more optimistic that those changes were coming, when some gay people themselves still hold some very backward ideas about gay parents.
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Want to learn more about the realities of gay parents – and specifically, of my family? Then read my book, "Mommy Man: How I Went From Mild-Mannered Geek to Gay Superdad," which is now available wherever you like to buy books, and which Publisher's Weekly calls "Uproarious."
Not convinced? Head over to Amazon or GoodReads to read the reviews, and download the sample chapter to check it out.
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In This Issue cooler/dispenser be cleaned and sanitized EVERY TIME A • Disconnect the water cooler from Vol. 16 No. 2 the electrical supply. BOTTLE IS CHANGED. While Fall 2006 this recommendation may sound • Remove the empty water bottle How Safe is the excessive, the need to follow these and completely drain the Water Cooler? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 guidelines has been examined by remaining water through the numerous engineers and related spigots. Disinfecting Water Wells with Chlorine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 companies and found to be sound. In • Remove the"no-spill" guard and general, people are the principal baffle (if applicable) taking care Constructed Wetlands source for bacterial contamination of not to break or damage the Successfully Treat coolers. Once the outside of the Town Effluent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 components. Clean and wash cooler or bottle is contaminated by a these items in the dishwasher or Quality Farm Dugouts – person's hands, it is simple for the kitchen sink. A report card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 bacteria to be carried into the water • Using protective gloves, face Lakes Disappearing within the cooler. shield and clothing, fill the on the Prairies? The cleaning instructions as reservoir with the disinfectant An Aquatic Whodunnit ........6 outlined by Health Canada are fairly simple and are as follows. cont'd page 2 Prairie Water News cont'd from page 1 • Reassemble the baffle and the bottles in a clean, cool, dark place "no-spill" guard. away from chemicals, paints or other • Disinfect the top and outside of a dangerous substances. Due to solution and scrub the interior of new bottle of water and place the possible bacterial growth, do not the reservoir with a clean long- bottle into the cooler. store water for more that 30 days handled, soft bristled brush. even if the bottle is unopened. • Run water through the spigots • Drain some of the disinfectant To ensure proper operation of the and reconnect the cooler to the solution through the spigots and water cooler/dispenser, clean the electrical outlet. allow the solution to sit for at cooling apparatus, fan, fins, drip tray, If you refill your own water jugs, and general exterior of the unit on a least 2 minutes but not longer always disinfect the empty jug when regular basis. Refer to your than 5 minutes (to be effective you change the bottle and clean the operational manual for specific but to prevent corrosion). cooler. Add a 1/8 cup of disinfection details and procedures. • Drain the disinfecting solution solution to the jug, replace the top By following the proper procedures from the reservoir through the and swish the solution around the for cleaning and disinfecting the spigots and dispose of it though interior of the jug making sure to cooler/dispenser on a regular basis, the the sanitary system. include the hollow handle. Do not bottled water can remain as bacterial • Rinse the reservoir and spigots empty the disinfectant from the jug free and good tasting as hoped. thoroughly with clean tap or until ready to refill. For further information, please bottled water 2 to 3 times to When multiple bottles of water are contact your Provincial Water remove traces of the disinfectant. purchased at one time, store the full Technologist or PFRA. Disinfecting Water Wells with Chlorine by Rachelle Ormond, Alberta disinfect a well. Many people feel higher chlorine dosage of 200 to 1000 Agriculture, Food and Rural that just pouring some liquid chlorine ppm and is only effective if an acid is Development, and Bob Buchanan, down the well with a small amount of used to lower the pH of the treatment Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural water and pumping it out is a solution. Regular well disinfection Development satisfactory well disinfection will reduce the chances of needing to treatment. W ater well disinfection questions are among the most common questions that water The terms 'well disinfection' and 'shock chlorination' are often perform a much more costly shock chlorination that is best done by an experienced water well driller. specialists, public health inspectors incorrectly used interchangeably. In This article focuses on well and water well drillers receive from fact, well disinfection involves a disinfection and provides some of the rural residents across the Canadian much lower chlorine dosage than latest information regarding proper Prairies. Understanding well shock chlorination. Well disinfection well disinfection procedures. By disinfection is complicated because is intended to provide routine control doing regular disinfection, you may there may be considerable differences of nuisance bacteria and correct be able to save yourself from in the information provided by periodic contamination of a well by requiring more costly and technically different people. It seems everyone pathogenic bacteria. It usually difficult shock chlorination treatment. has their own favorite recipe on how involves chlorine dosages of 50 to to cook the bugs in a well. 200 parts per million (ppm). How Chlorine Works Some people believe that if a little Shock chlorination is recommended Disinfection is the treatment of bit of chlorine does a good job, then a to remediate biofouled wells, and to water to inactivate, destroy, and/or lot of chlorine will only do a better control problems caused by high remove pathogenic bacteria, viruses, job. Some folks are adamant that only levels of nuisance bacteria such as protozoa, and parasites. This can be granular chlorine and not liquid iron or sulphate reducing bacteria. accomplished by either physical or chlorine bleach should be used to Shock chlorination uses a much chemical means. The most common 2 ...dedicated to protecting and improving rural water supplies Prairie Water News chemical method is to use a strong Table 1. Effect of pH on Chlorine Effectiveness in Water concentration of chlorine bleach. Chlorine is a very reactive Water pH Biocidal Effectiveness Oxidative Effectiveness substance. When added to a well, it 5.5 100 % 0% first combines with inorganic 8.0 12 % 88 % compounds such as hydrogen 9.0 2% 98 % sulphide gas, ferrous iron and 10.0 <1% > 99 % manganese. No disinfection occurs at this stage. After the chlorine reacts effectiveness of chlorine to kill penetrate the biofilm and restore well with these compounds, the remaining bacteria is dramatically reduced. At a production and water quality. chlorine reacts with organic matter. chlorine dosage of 1,000 ppm, the pH This reaction helps to eliminate some of a water/chlorine solution may be Well Disinfection bad tastes and odour, but there is little over 10. This may be beneficial in Methods disinfection at this stage. If the removing some plugging materials; The two most common methods of chlorine demand exerted by inorganic however, the biocidal effectiveness well disinfection are simple and organic compounds has been met, becomes less than 1% (see Table 1). chlorination and bulk displacement any excess chlorine will combine with High dosages of chlorine are also chlorination. Simple chlorination nitrogen compounds (primarily very corrosive and could be harmful involves adding a small volume of ammonia) to form chloramines. to metal well casings, water piping, chlorine solution into the top of the The formation of chloramines and fittings over time. water well, followed by running a results in long lasting disinfection, garden hose down the top of the well produces minimal chlorine Scheduling Well to circulate the water and chlorine taste/odour, and controls microbial Disinfection solution through the water system. growth. Chloramines, however, are Water wells should be disinfected This method can provide some slow acting disinfectants and require for preventative maintenance every 6 temporary benefit; but it is not long contact times for effective to 12 months to control the nearly as effective as the bulk disinfection. If more chlorine is added population of iron and sulphate- displacement method. to the water, the chloramines are reducing bacteria. In addition, water The bulk displacement method destroyed and excess chlorine, known wells should be disinfected at the involves preparing a predetermined as the free chlorine residual, forms time of construction and completion, volume of chlorine and water and hypochlorous acid (HOCL). HOCL is whenever the distribution system is then siphoning or pumping this down a potent, fast acting disinfectant. opened for repairs or maintenance, or the well. The chlorine solution The addition of more chlorine when pumping equipment and water displaces all the water in the well may be beneficial for disinfection; piping are removed for repair or casing, screen/borehole and however there is a point where replacement. Disinfection should also immediate aquifer. This results in a excessive chlorine concentrations occur when lab results indicate the much more effective well disinfection can cause more damage than presence of coliform bacteria, treatment. Research has shown that benefit. Recent research has shown following contamination by flood 70% granular, 5.25% liquid and 12% that low dosages of chlorine water, or after any change in water liquid chlorine solutions all work (around 200 ppm) are most clarity, color, odour or taste. effectively. The key is to ensure that effective. Previously recommended Well disinfection will not be the chlorine dosage is calculated dosages of 1000 ppm of chlorine sufficient if biofouling has occurred. correctly. Liquid chlorine solutions are in fact less effective due to a Chlorine cannot effectively penetrate have the advantage of being less change in water pH. the heavy layers of biofilm to reach expensive and readily available. Liquid chlorine and granular the bacteria and kill them. Wells that For more information about water chlorine are both extremely alkaline. have not been maintained regularly well disinfection, refer to Water This results in an increase in pH will likely require shock chlorination Wells…That Last for Generations when mixed with water. As the pH of and may require hiring a well driller publication or contact a water the water/chlorine solution rises, the to agitate and acidify the well to specialist in your area. ...dedicated to protecting and improving rural water supplies 3 Prairie Water News Constructed Wetlands Successfully Treat Town Effluent By Richard Pasquill, The Manitoba Water Services Board T hrough foresight and inventiveness, the town of Roblin has shown that post secondary treatment of waste water with constructed wetlands is possible and has many advantages. The most important advantage is reduced nutrient loading of downstream water bodies. While there is still some reluctance, on the part of the regulatory bodies within the province, to promote or accept post secondary treatment of town effluent with the use of wetlands, this project has more than adequately shown the benefits of constructed wetlands. As our lakes and rivers become richer in nutrients, treating waste water with wetlands may become more commonplace across the prairies. The town of Roblin, in western Manitoba, like most small centres that dot the prairie landscape, relies on lagoons as part of the town's effluent treatment process. Once the effluent reaches a quality sufficient to meet the environmental requirements for disposal, most towns discharge the secondary cells into local streams or rivers. This is usually done at times of high water flow to dilute the waste. However, since 1979, Roblin has utilized all of the liquid processed through its lagoon system to irrigate cropland adjacent to the lagoons. irrigation system. This prompted the result of the investigation, in 1998/99 With the wetter weather town to investigate a number of other the town elected to build a 40 acre encountered in the 1990s, too much alternate disposal methods that might wetland and an adjacent 15-20 acre liquid was being produced to be be incorporated into their overall properly disposed of through the effluent management scheme. As a cont'd page 5 4 ...dedicated to protecting and improving rural water supplies Prairie Water News hybrid poplar plantation for post levels within the cells are maintained from accumulating in the liquid and secondary treatment of a portion of at an optimum level of 30 cm (12 causing problems for the plants, a the effluent. inches). Due to the shallow nature of slow summer discharge has been Constructed wetlands are marshes the flow in the wetlands, the area undertaken from the last cell. Tests that have been designed to treat waste covered, and the large mass of plants that have been carried out to this water. Often they are built on sites present, much of the liquid is lost to point show that nearly all the that were not previously wetlands and evaporation and evapotranspiration. nitrogen and phosphorous that was are composed of a series of cells While it took some time for the carried over from the lagoon through which the waste flows. As establishment of the plants, growth treatment was removed as the effluent the liquid passes through the various has now exceeded expectations with passed through the first few cells of cells, a natural purification process the cattails exceeding 6-8 feet in the wetland. Since its development, takes place as bacteria break down height with very dense growth wildlife has proliferated throughout organic matter. In addition, the throughout the various cells. The the wetland with a wide variety of floating and rooted plants remove quality of the effluent has improved birds, frogs, and other wetland plant nutrients such as nitrogen and drastically as it slowly moves from creatures migrating to the area. phosphates from the liquid, further cell to cell of the wetlands and plants For further information, please improving the water quality. take up nutrients. By the time the contact the Town of Roblin or The Constructed wetlands are normally liquid has passed through all the Manitoba Water Services Board seeded down to a variety of reed, cells, it easily meets the very sedge, rush and other marsh grass stringent discharge requirements laid plants. In order to properly optimize down by Manitoba Environment. In plant growth and longevity, the liquid order to keep the mineral content Quality Farm Dugouts – A report card I n 2002, Prairie Water News released a publication called 'Quality Farm Dugouts'. The book is majority of respondents were mixed livestock/cropping farmers and livestock producers. Watering appropriate. The sections of the book that people reported as being most useful included the modules about a technical manual intended to livestock was the most important use operating systems, water quality, provide readers with the latest of dugout water for most respondents. water treatment, and design and research information about improving Other important uses were lawn and construction. Sections containing both the quantity and quality of garden irrigation and spray mixing. more general information and the dugout water. 'Quality Farm Dugouts' Based on the reported needs of these schedules/forms were regarded as has been distributed at no cost to the dugout owners, future editions of this less valuable. public for the past four years. manual will include sections on best 'Quality Farm Dugouts' is available An evaluation of the manual was management practices and/or in hardcopy from any of the Prairie undertaken through a survey to assess operating guidelines for livestock Water News partner agencies. It is the usefulness of the book to its watering systems, backflow also available on line at: readers. A questionnaire was prevention devices, and water http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$depar administered to a sample of people distribution/conservation with respect tment/deptdocs.nsf/all/eng4696 who requested the manual. to lawn/garden watering. The results indicate very clearly In general, the publication was We are always eager to hear from that the audience for 'Quality Farm evaluated very favourably. People our readers. Any comments or Dugouts' is the farm population who reported being satisfied with the criticisms you may have about either already own dugouts and have organization and layout of the book 'Quality Farm Dugouts' are welcome. existing water quality problems or are and that the level of technical intending to build a new dugout. The complexity and detail was ...dedicated to protecting and improving rural water supplies 5 Prairie Water News Lakes Disappearing on the Prairies? An Aquatic Whodunnit Reprinted with permission from resources to future changes – and can rarely if ever overflows through an EnviroZine, Environment Canada. develop plans and strategies to offset outlet. Water level records of closed- [Aussi disponible en français] impacts. basin lakes can therefore serve as Garth van der Kamp, Marlene long-term indicators of hydrological P rairie residents often lament their shrinking and disappearing lakes, remembering a shoreline now Evans, and Dwayne Keir at the National Water Research Institute of Environment Canada are studying changes. With the support of the Prairie Adaptation Research Cooperative hundreds of metres away from the seventeen lakes across the Canadian (PARC), the researchers analyzed beaches where they paddled as Prairies to get a clearer picture of water level records from several sources including the Water Survey of Canada's Hydat database, the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, Alberta Environment and historic aerial photographs. They also interviewed local communities to get more information on past conditions. Results Their data for closed-basin lakes across the prairies show a general trend of decreasing water levels throughout the twentieth century, with the decrease ranging from 4 to 10 meters. Manito Lake in western Saskatchewan, for example, has dropped 7 meters since 1920. The water level change at Manito Lake Manito Lake, 2005 has altered the shoreline to the point where Sugar Loaf "Island" is now a children. Speculation about a their history over dwindling water supply appears the last 100 years frequently in the media, with and, ultimately, to shrinking glaciers and a warming find explanations climate cast as villains that threaten for a disappearing prairie agriculture, the economy, and natural resource. a sustainable supply of freshwater for They are focusing public consumption. on closed- basin But is there really less water on the lakes. Unlike Prairies than there used to be? If so, through-flow lakes how much less? And what does that where the higher mean for the future? Water managers the lake level rises, and decision-makers need a better the faster the water grasp on what changes have actually flows out through occurred over time so they can assess an outlet creek, a the vulnerability of prairie water closed basin lake Lake water level change. 6 ...dedicated to protecting and improving rural water supplies Prairie Water News however, perhaps there was more snow and rain over 100 years ago, before anyone was measuring precipitation, and the lakes are still coming down from that high. The prairie climate is getting warmer. Winters are shorter now by a month compared to Manito Lake in 2005 compared to photo taken in 1922 by D.S. Graham. 50 years ago and so summers are a month longer. Is the resulting peninsula! Little Fish Lake in Alberta of lake recreational areas hits local increased evaporation enough to had 5 meters of water in 1975, but residents and the economy; fish and account for declining lake levels? was completely dry in May of 2005. wildlife habitat is disrupted and the All these explanations have a Kenosee Lake in south-eastern aquatic ecosystem altered; and the degree of truth in them and the Saskatchewan is down by 6 meters available water supply for public use challenge now is for researchers to since the 1920s. is diminished. work out how important each one is. The water input to the lakes, Theories abound as to why lake The research team will continue its whether by runoff from the watershed levels are going down. Perhaps it is work investigating long-term records or by precipitation on the lake, has because dams upstream are and present day conditions to find the obviously been less than the loss by impounding the water and not letting answers – information that will help evaporation through most of the last it through to the lake? Perhaps predict what the future may hold for 100 years. There have been changes in agricultural practices such prairie water resources and assist temporary increases of water level, as continuous cropping and minimum policy and decision makers with notably during the high snowfall tillage are decreasing runoff? There plans to meet changes. years of the mid-1950s, the mid are lots of beavers now in most For more information contact 1970s and the late 1990s, but then watersheds and perhaps they are Environment Canada on the web at: normal years return and water levels doing the damage by trapping water www.ec.gc.ca continue on downward. behind their dams. Or is it climate change? The original article can be found at: Why is it happening? Environment Canada records do not www.ec.gc.ca/EnviroZine/english/i For these and many other lakes, the indicate any clear change in ssues/63/print_version_e.cfm impact has been profound. The loss precipitation since about 1900; FAST FACTS • Data for closed-basin lakes across thecentury. show a general trend of decreasing water levels throughout the twentieth prairies • Manito Lake in western Saskatchewan has dropped 7 meters since 1920. • Littleof 2005. in Alberta had 5 meters of water in 1975, but was completely dry in May Fish Lake • Kenosee Lake in south-eastern Saskatchewan is down by 6 m since the 1920s. ...dedicated to protecting and improving rural water supplies 7 Prairie Water News Prairie Water News is published semi-annually. 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