The Gloria Sirens

We’re All Nephews

By Katie Riegel on July 10, 2015 • ( 3 Comments )

I spent half of last week helping my sister, Dorey, to babysit our nephew, who turned 7 on Wednesday. I never wanted kids and often feel awkward around them–though some then swarm to me […]

Watch Out for Women Drivers

By Suzannah Gail Collins on July 7, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

The day starts with the alarm going off at the ridiculously unreasonable hour of 7 a.m. I drive my 2013 silver Boxster S to the Sebring International Speedway. It’s just over the bridge from the hotel so you have time for a quick breakfast sandwich. It’s always better to have something in your stomach if you have to throw up later.

Flashlight Tag

By Katie Riegel on July 4, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

I grew up playing flashlight tag. I lived in the country; the neighborhood kids would gather at my house—a big range of ages, since I was the youngest of four children. We […]

Hear Tiffany Razzano at the Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour

By Lisa Lanser Rose on July 1, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

Orlando peeps, you get to hear own dangerously hilarious Tiffany Razzano read from her work! Tiffany’s one of three featured presenters in the lineup Wednesday, July 8 (7:00 PM) at The Short Attention Span Storytelling […]

July: Play

By Lisa Lanser Rose on July 1, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

by Katie Riegel It’s July—the middle of summer—and time to remind ourselves what kids know: that summer is for playing. For doing things that are simply fun, that don’t necessarily have any […]

What Do Transgender Issues Mean for Us?

By Lisa Lanser Rose on June 30, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

by Katie Riegel and Lisa Lanser Rose Dear Readers: Please feel free to join this conversation. We know this is just us talking and thinking, and we do not intend to suggest we […]

Dance, Dance, Revolution: Stepping in Time with My Gay Son

By Suzannah Gail Collins on June 30, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

Dance, dance, revolution! The long slow dance toward the dawn of equality— gays finally have the Constitutional right to marry. What does that mean for young gay people—that the world will suddenly change and embrace them? The mother of a gay high school senior examines the dance she has shared with her son on the journey that brought them to this historic place in time and to his latest coming out: online, in an article he wrote for the national student think tank publication for which he is a regular contributor. Paula Whyman shares with us her hopes for what happens for her son from now forward.