gay families

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gay families

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White Lesbian Couple Starts Family, Comes With Unwanted Blackness

“Wrongful birth? Breach of Warranty? This is about racism and anti-Blackness. We don’t need to avoid those phrases; we need to use them.”

gabby —

Oct 3, 2014

children's books

education

book lists

40 LGBTQ-Friendly Picture Books for Ages 0-5

Spread the gay agenda with these colourful, easy-to-read books teaching love, acceptance, and science.

Fikri —

Jul 30, 2014

advice

gay families

parenting & family

OPEN THREAD: Keeping It Queer in the Suburbs

I don’t want to let go my connection to the vibrant, inspiring queer culture that’s not immediately accessible to me in my strip-malls-and-big-box-stores environment. How do you keep it queer…

VillageQ —

Apr 21, 2014

gay families

gay moms

parenting & family

Adventures in (Lesbian) Baby-Making

“Whose sperm is this?” she asked me once. Maybe it was the first time. “It’s mine,” I said. I didn’t know what else to say. I had paid for it.…

Lynne Marie —

Feb 14, 2014

Daily Fix

ENDA

politics + activism

State of the Struggle: First Come LGBT Legal Protections, Then Comes Marriage

The new Momentum Report from the Movement Advancement Project proves that gay marriage is just the tip of the iceberg. How is the LGBT community doing when it comes to…

Carmen —

Jan 29, 2014

gay families

gay moms

parenting & family

Shake, Don’t Wipe!

“Sometimes, when you’re in the business of parenting, you have to phone a friend for a bit of perspective and advice. Sometimes, you have to phone more than one.”

Deborah —

Dec 30, 2013

gay families

motrin

parenting & family

Win a New Tablet With Your Unstoppably Extraordinary Lesbian Mom Story

Did you once kill a wasp with your bare hands so it wouldn’t sting your daughter? Did you raise a thriving family in a homophobic community? Was there some seemingly…

Hansen —

Dec 18, 2013

gay families

gay moms

parenting & family

How My Motherhood Made My Mother Accept My Lesbianism

She didn’t say “I have suspected this for years and I still love you.” It went more like a Scared Straight kind of thing but instead of scaring me about…

Vikki Reich —

Nov 11, 2013

gay families

gender identity

lgbt book reviews

We Are Family: S. Bear Bergman’s “Blood, Marriage, Wine & Glitter”

Maybe my mom was onto something. Maybe family really is everything, so long as you build it yourself.

Carmen —

Oct 28, 2013

Daily Fix

gay families

politics + activism

Trail Life USA Tries to Blaze A New Trail For Anti-Gay Scouting

Luckily there are other scouting alternatives for your kids!

Kristen —

Sep 12, 2013

gay families

gay moms

parenting & family

Defining For My Own “Right” Way To Be A Mom

“As a lesbian mom, it was especially hard to fight the urge to do the “right” thing, however slippery a concept that was, because I was representing a community, not…

Dana Rudolph —

Aug 20, 2013

gay families

gay moms

comedy

Listling Without Commentary: 17 Things My Mom Has Mailed Me This Year

I never thought I’d see those mix tapes or that Samantha doll again

Riese —

Jul 17, 2013