Wow. This brought tears to my eyes - both the joy in Ellen’s publicly posted letter as well as all of the congratulatory comments that people have left on her web site, expressing their own happiness related to Ellen and Portia’s marriage. Maybe this country is coming along after all.
This just in, a press release from Howard Brown Health Center in Chicago:
For Immediate Release
Here are some photos from Chicago’s Gay Pride. If you have photos from a Pride parade in your area, send them to me - I just may post them! And if you have never been to a Pride parade and are curious, I strongly encourage you to go to one in the future. You don’t have to be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender to go - it just helps to have an open mind, a fun spirit, and an enjoyment of embracing all of the interesting people around you.
This drag queen was riding a red truck in the parade and waving her rainbow flag.
Yay America! Flags belong to everyone.
Chicago’s Gay & Lesbian Hall of Fame float
This couple drew enormous applause along the parade route and brought a few happy tears to my eyes.
Screw "don’t ask, don’t tell."
The Kinsey Institute has sent out their recent letter which has articles related to the 60th anniversary of the Male volume (in which Dr. Kinsey and his team reported data from their interviews with thousands of men), student research grant awards, our library, our juried art show and so much more. You can read the newsletter here - and definitely consider signing up for it yourself. It’s free!
I hope that everyone had a lovely Memorial Day weekend (for those readers in the United States). I was in San Francisco and Napa Valley, and it was marvelous. Thanks to Greg at Del Dotto (the cave experience was a wonder, as is the chocolate that they serve with port wine at the end of the tour), Yvonne at Cakebread, the lovely cashier at Mondavi (love the Fume Blanc) for rewarding my honest friend with an extra tasting, and our fantastic waiter at Tra Vigne who clued us into the wonders of their white corn soup ("it’s like a thousand acres of corn fields in each bite!" - he was right) and the fact that they offer half-sized portions so that small-appetited diners (like me) can try a larger variety of plates. Yum, yum, yum.
Thanks, especially, to Michael for sending me a long and educational email about the must-go sites.
French Laundry, can we please set a date next time? (sigh)
[Above image taken in the Valley - that’s me peeking out of a little chapel-like building on the property of a winery that I found endearing).