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Birthdays All Around

Our friends at the Bilerico Project are celebrating their first birthday on Wednesday. Click over and join the fun. They’ll have contests and festivities all week long. As it happens, Mombian passed its third birthday on June 21. Since that was only a day before my two-week trip to California, with unknown Internet access, I […]

Same-Sex Parents in the Czech Republic

I’m finishing up vacation here in California and will be in transit and/or up to my eyeballs in dirty laundry for the next couple of days. I suspect many of you (at least in the U.S.) are traveling this week, too. If you are still online, however, why not take a few moments over this

Update from the Road

Despite my earlier qualms, it looks like I will be online this week. I’m sitting here in the middle of King’s Canyon National Park in California, in the common room of the rustic John Muir Lodge, rough-hewn beams overhead, with six other people and their laptops, all taking advantage of the free WiFi. Gotta love

Vacation

My family and I will be on vacation this week and next, visiting Helen’s relatives in California. With luck, we’ll also be at San Francisco Pride, soaking up some of the matrimonial excitement, but our primary obligation this trip is to family. We’ll also be heading out to a rustic location for a few days.

Reader Appreciation Day: “Families Like Mine” Giveaway

It’s Reader Appreciation Day, an event organized by Robin Reagler of The Other Mother. I thought it would be appropriate, therefore, to have another giveaway, this time of Abigail Garner’s must-read book, Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is. Abigail writes from her own experience of having a gay dad

Welcome, Advocate Readers!

A big welcome to those of you visiting after reading the profile of Mombian in The Advocate! Please have a look around. My goal here is to offer a blend of parenting, politics, and lesbian culture, including: New LGBT-inclusive children’s shows and books; LGBT visibility in mainstream children’s media; Commentary about family creation and family

Mombian Shop Updated for the Holidays

I’ve updated the Mombian Shop with more recommendations for LGBT-friendly children’s books, books about LGBT parenting, and some general children’s books and music I like. There are also links to automatically generated lists of baby products, household goods, tools, toys, and more—making it easy to do all your holiday shopping. I do get a fee

Yes, We’ve Heard the Turkey Baster Jokes

For those of you observing Thanksgiving this week, here’s wishing you and your families a very happy time. Don’t let the extended family get on your nerves—just show them these cute Orka basters from Target (via Amazon), and tell them you hope using the right color will influence the gender of your next child. See

2007 Weblog Awards Update

A big congratulations to Joe. My. God., winner of “Best LGBT Blog” in the 2007 Weblog Awards. A thank you, too, to all my co-finalists for a fun and civil competition. Everyone was very thoughtful about linking to the entire list of finalists in the category, not just soliciting votes for themselves. It’s an honor

Less than 24 Hours Left to Vote!

There are less than 24 hours left to vote for Mombian (or anyone else) as “Best LGBT Blog” in the 2007 Weblog Awards. Polls will close Thursday November 8, 2007 at 10:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which is 5:00 p.m. (EST) and 2:00 p.m. (PST). Remember you can vote once every 24 hours during

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