Babytalk under fire for article by lesbian mom

[tiggerkong22]

I received the following email last night and thought it should be shared here:

Hello everyone,

Patty Onderko, senior editor at Babytalk, recently published a piece
in the magazine entitled "A Night in the Life Of…A Mom-To-Be of
Twins." It's a light piece chronicling a typical night of aches and
pains that many pregnant women experience, especially those carrying
twins.

In the beginning of the piece, Patty writes "10:00 P.M.: My wife,
Emily (I'm married to a woman), says goodnight and turns off her
nightstand light." Though the article has nothing to do with Patty
being a lesbian, this one line has caused an absolute uproar among
Babytalk readers. The editors are getting flooded with hate mail and
one woman even wrote in that she literally "threw up" in her mouth
when she read the piece. Many of the readers are "horrified" that a
"family-friendly" publication would print the article at all, let
alone use language like "wife."

The editors and publishers at Babytalk did, in fact, take a chance by
running the piece and with employing that kind of language. Please
(please!) send them a letter thanking them for taking that stance.

Here's all the information:
Publication: Babytalk
Writer: Patty Onderko
Title of article: "A Night in the Life Of…A Mom-To-Be of Twins"
Send response to: [e-mail]

Even a quick one-line email of support will help counter the hate mail.

Thank you!

peace

marlowe

[snoopy13]

thanks so much for this -- I will definitely write a letter of support.

JD

[blessed]

I think we must have crashed their site. I couldn't get through.

[gamitzer]

Thanks for letting us know. I just sent a letter. I had actually just read the article a week ago, and was surprised to see it in that magazine. I actually didn't like the article because it was sort of an ad for nose strips made to seem like an article. But I guess I'll take any kind of positive press.

[frog]

Done!