James C. Dobson, founder and chairman of the ultra-conservative group Focus on the Family, broadcast and endorsed a sermon on his radio show in which the speaker asserted: “You know a society has been abandoned by God when it celebrates lesbian sex.” He then claimed that as a result of this abandonment, a major U.S. […]
Continuing the highlights from Blogging for LGBT Families Day, here are some posts about being a non-bio mom. (Other non-bio moms contributed posts, but didn’t write about being a non-bio mom this time, so I’m including them elsewhere.) I urge you to read the full posts of which these extracts offer a mere taste.
If you could work with other bloggers to make a difference in one global cause over the next year, what would it be? What issues must a U.S. presidential candidate address in order to have any chance of winning your vote in 2008? The editors of BlogHer are asking women online to answer these questions.
Kathy Belge, publisher of the always interesting, wide-ranging Lesbian Life blog, has named Mombian to the number-two spot on her Top 10 Best Lesbian Blogs list. The other nine are fabulous blogs all, and I’m honored to be in such company. I urge you to check them out (along with Lesbian Life itself, if you
Lots of people seemed to like the PVC Pipe Construction Set I wrote about a few months ago, including Parent Hacks, GeekDad, and the FemiKnitMafia (whose son got one from us as a present). My partner, ever the engineer, thus set out to build another PVC creation, a musical pipe set inspired by those of
One of the great joys for me in this year’s Blogging for LGBT Families Day was that there was an increase in the number of posts by those who grew up in LGBT families. Many thanks to COLAGE for helping to spread the word about the event among their members. In my experience, LGBT parents
This post is the first in a series I will run on Tuesdays through the summer, profiling LGBT families from the Family Pride Coalition’s OUTSpoken Families program.
I want to start my roundup of Blogging for LGBT Families Day posts by sharing a few perspectives that really made me think about the variety of our experiences. Clare at An MSW in Cambodia tells us the story of Karen Atala, a Chilean parent whose children were taken away by the court because she
I spent almost the entire weekend reading through the more than 140 posts contributed to this year’s Blogging for LGBT Families Day. (Yes, my own family will be glad to have me back when this is over.) Once again I am overwhelmed with the diversity, strength, and love of LGBT families and our allies. Thanks
Did you wake up this morning and suddenly realize you had forgotten Blogging for LGBT Families Day yesterday? Was your child sick or did he or she require an emergency batch of cupcakes at school for an end-of-year party? Never fear—I’m still accepting contributions through today. Call it a concession to “Parent Standard Time” (though
