family

bisexuality

family

first person

Impossible Machinery: On (Not) Coming Out to My Dad as Bisexual

“I feel as if I am filled to the brim, fit to spill, with how much I love her and how much I resent being a secret. It makes me…

Maree —

Sep 22, 2016

advice

family

love + sex

Y’All Need Help #5: Being a Virgin Doesn’t Make You Straight

Do you have to go to your homophobic asshole cousin’s wedding? How do you tell your more-than-friends friend that you’ve slept with her ex? Is 22 too old to still…

Laneia —

Sep 13, 2016

advice

family

gender

You Need Help: Talking to Your Family About Your Partner’s Pronouns

If they are feeling hurt by people who don’t want to use their pronouns or just by a long day of having to gender in the world, listen to them…

Maddie —

Sep 7, 2016

baby-making

family

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: The Seven Stages of Waiting (41 Weeks)

Our Leo/Virgo cusp baby is definitely moving into Virgo territory.

KaeLyn —

Aug 29, 2016

baby-making

family

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: The Non-Gestational Parent Perspective and My Enduring Love for Pickles (37 Weeks)

“I think you underestimate the amount of time I spend thinking about Remi.” – Waffle

KaeLyn —

Aug 1, 2016

baby-making

family

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Crying Over My Multigrain Waffles and Whimsical Onesies (31 Weeks)

I started the 31st week of my pregnancy crying over the kitchen sink as I crammed my gestational diabetes breakfast into my mouth. It wasn’t the pregnancy hormones this time.…

KaeLyn —

Jun 20, 2016

beyonce

family

first person

A Road Trip With Your Father In Honor of His 74th Birthday, In Playlist Form

A road trip which happens to coincide with the occasion of Prince’s death and the release of “Lemonade.”

Aisha —

Jun 9, 2016

baby-making

family

queer pregnancy

Countdown to Baby T. Rex: Pregnant Adoptee Feelings and Dino Decal Decisions (29 Weeks)

Being an adoptee has made being pregnant all that much more strange and interesting.

KaeLyn —

Jun 6, 2016

album review

family

music

Tegan and Sara Explore All Types of Queer Intimacy in “Love You to Death”

It takes hard work to maintain any partnership — whether it’s between lovers or friends or the person you shared a uterus with.

Maddie —

Jun 3, 2016

a-camp

a-camp spring 2016

camp

How We Make Faith Tangible As Queers With Christian Roots: A Roundtable

When faith, spirituality, and cultural practice feel complicated and contradictory, it can help to have a physical object to hold onto and reflect upon. These items can root us to…

Adrian —

Jun 2, 2016

family

mama outsider

first person

Mama Outsider: When Your Mother Thanks You for Keeping Your Baby

“Instead, I jump back into the mind of the girlish woman I was at 28, the one who didn’t know enough about the consequences for unacceptable motherhood to plunge headfirst…

Asha —

May 26, 2016

family

parenthood

parenting & family

Five Images Of My Family

“I’m going to be a single, poor, gay, mom, and it’s going to be fine. It’s going to be amazing. I mean sure, I might date sometimes, but I don’t…

Katherine DM Clover —

May 24, 2016