jay leffew
- Location
- Sant Rosa, California, USA
- Birthday
- September 02
- Bio
- GayFamilyValues
Hello everyone, Welcome to the official Gay Family Values blogg by the Depfox family of YouTube. Many of you know that we were a private family Living in Northern California Who began making YouTube videos to help fight the passage of California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage in our state constitution. Those videos were meant to show our life as an average, everyday gay family. We hoped that in showing our lives that we could help dispell many of the bad stereotypes about gay families and gay people in generall. We couldn't have imagined what would happen as a result of those first videos. We began to get tons of emails asking questions, showing support, and sharing stories of tragedy and hope. This blog will be a little different in that we will offer our perspective, as a gay family, on current events in life, gay news, the struggle for marriage equality, and everything in between. And...yes...we promise...it won't all be Youtube related. Please enjoy our crazy, disfunctionally slanted view of life and please visit us at the links posted on the right at our new site: www.Gay-family-values.com and were it all began, on Youtube.
MY RECENT POSTS
- On Cynthia Nixon & Balancing
The Kinsey Scale
January 30, 2012 04:49PM - What Makes A "Better" Parent?
January 22, 2012 10:48AM - Foster Diaries: The Return of
Baby Boy
December 30, 2011 05:13PM - Meeting Randy Robets
Potts...New Friends And Old
Scars
December 18, 2011 01:06PM - Holiday Traditions: Awkward
Conversations With Family
November 26, 2011 07:28PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “@Robin ...Gwendolyn
...and regular readers I may
miss.
Thank you so
much for readi…”
January 20, 2010 12:51AM - “"I can't help but wonder
when it will be okay to have
your
own personal
set…”
November 25, 2009 11:02PM - “You know I don't
disagree with you...except for
one point.
One day he WILL
want…”
November 24, 2009 07:20PM - “In altering the original
text I had hoped to leave as
much of
the original
intac…”
November 04, 2009 07:52PM - “"men" is a generic term
no sexism was intended. This
simply
my
personal…”
November 04, 2009 02:10PM
Jay leffew's Links
- New list
- YouTube Page
- gay family values blog
JANUARY 30, 2012 4:49PM
On Cynthia Nixon & Balancing The Kinsey Scale
On Cynthia Nixon and Balancing The Kinsey Scale
We've all heard the same tired, worn-out "Being gay is a choice" arguments before. We have heard it from religion when they want to characterize being gay as sinful, we here it on television when those same religious viewpoints are used/… Read full post »
JANUARY 22, 2012 10:48AM
What Makes A "Better" Parent?
What Makes A "Better" Parent?
Whether or not gay men men and women can parent has been a topic of conversation for ages now. I can remember it being debated when I was a teen and had a lesbian cuuple that lived across the street from me raising… Read full post »
DECEMBER 30, 2011 5:13PM
Foster Diaries: The Return of Baby Boy
Foster Diaries: The Return of Baby Boy
Well dear readers, it seems that life is bringing me full circle again. Many of you may also watch us on YouTube, and if so...you know that there is a new addition coming to our home. Way back in February of this/… Read full post »
DECEMBER 18, 2011 1:06PM
Meeting Randy Robets Potts...New Friends And Old Scars
Meeting Randy Roberts Potts...New Friends And Old Scars
We at gay family values have been fortunate enough to meet lots of other fantastic YouTubers. The great thing about meeting these people in person is that we really get to know them as the regular people. Sean Chapin was/… Read full post »
NOVEMBER 26, 2011 7:28PM
Holiday Traditions: Awkward Conversations With Family
Holiday Traditions: Awkward Conversations With Family
I don't know if anyone has seen the the video floating around from Maggie Gallagher and the National Organisation for Marriage? You know...the one in which she gives tips on how to talk to your loved ones about your oppos/… Read full post »
NOVEMBER 19, 2011 8:17PM
Setting Goals For Our Kids...Report card Time
Setting Goals For Our Kids...Report card Time
This week was finally report card time for my son and daughter and anyone who's been through grade school can remember the nail-biting uncertainty everyone feels opening up those tiny manila envelopes. Parents want to know that their children ar/… Read full post »
NOVEMBER 12, 2011 9:01PM
99% My Husband Is Not The Enemy...
99%
In my humble north bay town of Santa Rosa a tent city has grown on the lawn of City Hall. They are Occupy Santa Rosa. I never thought that a town like mine would see an Occupy encampment, after all....we are not… Read full post »
OCTOBER 17, 2011 5:42PM
Right To Love....Just Don't Pray
Right To Love....Just Don't Pray
Many of my readers may already be aware that our family has been the focus of a documentary about Prop 8 and our YouTube activism called Right To Love: An American Family. The movie has been in production for quite a while and I/… Read full post »
OCTOBER 8, 2011 7:34PM
Mommy Bloggers Strike Again
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 7:36PM
Where Do We Stand?...Tragedy & Triumph
Where Do We Stand?....Tragedy and Triumph
Yesterday saw the end of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" and one more victory was won in the long march towards equality. Celebrations are being held all over the nation and in the news. Everyone is… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011 8:57PM
When Does Ite Get Better For LGBT Seniors
When Does It Get Better For LGBT Seniors?
"It Gets Better"....those are the words we tell every LGBT teen who is suffering alone and trying to come to grips with themselves and their place in a world that can be very hostile to anyone who is different. We/… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 3, 2011 10:18PM
"Gay Panic" In The Larry King Trial...And The Value Of Life.
"Gay Panic" In The Larry King Trial...and The Value of A
Life.
Dear readers...I am at a loss.
Perhaps a few of you may have read about the recent announcement that the trial for the murder of middle schooler Larry King by fellow middle schooler Brandon McInerney has/… Read full post »
AUGUST 21, 2011 12:44AM
Letters Of Hope
AUGUST 13, 2011 9:58PM
Getting Schooled Again...
1
JULY 30, 2011 9:59PM
Be FAIR....
JULY 24, 2011 2:02PM
Its Only Words....
JULY 21, 2011 11:29AM
The Case Of The Terrible Tattlers
The Case Of The Terrible Tattlers
JUNE 30, 2011 2:13PM
I Love Being Gay
I Love Being Gay
JUNE 4, 2011 2:52AM
It's Time...The OCD Post
MAY 21, 2011 7:46PM
Lifeline
MAY 19, 2011 10:44AM
Gay Marriage In New York...A Shifting Paradigm?
Gay Marriage In New York...A Shifting Paradigm?
MAY 14, 2011 9:56PM
Foster Diaries....Echoes of the past.
Diaries....Echoes of the past
Well dear readers...due to issues with blogger I was not going to post today but sometimes things happen in our lives that are too big to keep inside ourselves and this blog has become part confessional for me in addition to being a… Read full post »
MAY 14, 2011 3:45PM
New Rites Of Passage...
APRIL 30, 2011 9:06PM
What The Light Reveals...
APRIL 24, 2011 12:07AM
Christopher di Spirito
gaypersonsofcolor
hyblaean- Julie
Thomas Rogers
Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
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