Expecting Two-Woman Couple Featured in Samsung Oscars Commercial
During tonight’s Academy Awards, Samsung aired a commercial that includes two women, one of whom is pregnant, lying in bed viewing an ultrasound on their phone. Watch it here.
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Queer-Inclusive Girl’s Magazine (Founded by a Lesbian Mom) Nominated for National Magazine Award
Kazoo, an award-winning and queer-inclusive magazine for girls, founded by a lesbian mom, has been nominated for the most prestigious award given by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME).
New Board Book Teaches the Colors — and Feelings — of Pride
A sweet new board book for toddlers explores the different colors of the LGBTQ Pride flag—and author Robin Stevenson has shared with Mombian readers her thoughts on writing it.
Lena and Stef Return to Television
They graced our screen for five years as we watched them raise five children from tweens into adults. Now, Stef and Lena are back tonight with a guest appearance in spin-off show Good Trouble. Here’s a sneak peek.
A New Book Explores Genes, Choice, and Donor Kin
Many queer families, including my own, began with one parent’s eggs and donor sperm—and donor conception is also an option for many single parents and non-queer fertility-challenged couples. But the sperm of a single anonymous donor may be used to create children for numerous families—and many of these them are connecting to create new networks of kinship that sit at the intersection of chosen and genetic family. A thoughtful new book explores how these networks have evolved and the benefits and challenges for children and parents in them.
LGBTQ-inclusive Kids’ and YA Books Honored in 2019 Youth Media Awards and Rainbow Book List
It’s one of my favorite days of the year! The American Library Association has given its 2019 Stonewall Awards and several other key awards to some of the best LGBTQ-inclusive children’s and young adult books out there—and announced the top picks from its 2019 Rainbow Book List of librarian-recommended, LGBTQ-inclusive children’s and YA titles.
#ReadYourWorld: LGBTQ-Inclusive Kids’ Books for Multicultural Children’s Book Day
It’s the 5th Annual Multicultural Children’s Book Day! Here are a few of my picks that emphasize the “multi” in “multicultural”—books that are both LGBTQ inclusive and diverse in other ways.
“Little Women” Graphic Novel Makes It the Queer, Multiracial Story We Need Today
When I first read Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women as a child, I identified most with tomboy Jo, as did many a fledgling queer girl, I imagine. Now, a new graphic novel reimagines the four March sisters as a modern, multiracial family—and yes (spoiler alert), Jo is gay.
Parents Magazine’s First Cover of LGBTQ Family Is “Best-Received Cover EVER”
Parents magazine has put an LGBTQ family on its cover for the first time—and here’s what Entertainment Editor Jessica Hartshorn has to say about it.
LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
Lots of moving family stories in this roundup, including a family living full time in their RV; a couple who induced lactation so they could both nurse; a trans dad and his spouse who started their family with two known donors, also spouses; stories of infertility and miscarriage, and more–including penguins!