Happy Mothers’ Day to us lesbian moms. Through our lesbianism, we are challenging society’s notion of what women should do and whom we should love. We turn preconceptions around again, however, when we take on women’s traditional role of mother. Neither “typical” mothers nor “typical” lesbians, we must find our own paths while helping our children find theirs.
(Gay dads face similar challenges. I’ll save that for a Fathers’ Day post, though—or better yet, let the gay dads out there do so.)
We are mothers every day, but it’s not a bad thing to take one day for a special celebration of this part of ourselves. Here’s to us, and the mothers who inspire us, our own or others’. Have a great day!
