Thanks for a great week in writing and reading and sharing and laughing and gettin’ it out! I hope everyone has a fantastic Labor Day weekend with friends and loved ones!
Have a great weekend! We’ll see ya Tuesday!!
Juliet and Juliette
Archive for August, 2007
Maine Court Allows Lesbian Couple to Adopt!
The couple was previously the foster parents to the two children they are now able to adopt. They petitioned to adopt the 10 & 6-year-old siblings last year; they were denied but now the Maine Supreme Judicial Court have ruled that the law does not prohibit two unmarried people from adopting a child together.
Read more about this at: seacoastonline.com
juliette
Get It Outta Me!!
Do you ever have a day or a week that just seems to be so crappy you just gotta get it out!!??!! Read the rest of this entry »
Are Lesbians Fatter? New Study Says “Yes!”
“Ulrike Boehmer at the Boston University of Public Health used data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth to compare population estimates of obesity across sexual orientation groups” and found that “lesbians were 2.69 times more likely to be overweight and 2.47 times more likely to be obese than their heterosexual counterparts.”
While these researchers are concerned with the health outcomes that obesity produces; they acknowledge that it may be a result of different beauty standards among lesbians than heteros.
Read the story here: ssonet.com
Boehmer has many other research publications involving gay women’s health that you may find interesting. Check them out here: Boston University School of Public Health
And on a lighter note, who says there is anything wrong with being a little thick. Eat right and exercise and so what if you can’t get those extra pounds off…you can still be healthy AND HAPPY!
Watch Joy Nash at FatGirl Speaks tell it like it is! It might take a minute to load…but it’s worth the wait.
Juliette 
Poetry Corner
My Angel
by: Elizabeth Rachael Vallano
She walks with me
in the shadows,
forbidden by the sun.
She is always there with me
in the darkness,
unbeknownst to even herself.
She waits with me
in the morning,
trapped by the light of day.
She eludes me for the rising,
wishing she were somewhere else.
New Transgendered Drama!
We’ll its about time that there be more attention brought to our transgendered friends and family. While the L&G community is still fighting for change, I believe that the transgender movement for equality is still on the rise. Read the rest of this entry »
