The Fosters, Freeform’s drama about two moms and their family of biological, adopted, and foster kids, ends tonight after five years on our screens. A spinoff series focusing on their two daughters, Callie and Mariana, will launch next year. Will the moms be back? Let’s look at that, at what the show has meant to me as a lesbian mom, and (of course) a gallery of Stef and Lena.
Looking for LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ songs, video stories, and educational videos? There may be more than you think! I’ve updated my compilation of more than 350 videos for and about LGBTQ families, including songs and stories for young children!
Critically acclaimed space opera The Expanse has been cancelled by Syfy after three seasons. Fans are trying to save the show, which includes not only a wonderfully multi-racial cast, but also a positive portrayal of queer moms.
Comedian John Oliver made headlines this week with a new children’s book, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, released in response to A Day in the Life of the Vice President by Charlotte Pence, daughter of Vice President Mike Pence, and illustrated by his wife Karen. In Oliver’s version, Marlon falls in love with another boy bunny. But it’s hardly the only LGBTQ-inclusive children’s book starring animal characters.
This Sunday on CBS’ show Madam Secretary, the character Kat Sandoval (played by bisexual actor Sara Ramirez), will come out as both bisexual and a parent in an episode that also deals with international LGBTQ rights. Watch a clip.
Last night’s Academy Awards were full not only of queer moments, but of several that featured queer parents in particular. Did you catch them all—particularly the Black two-mom family in one short film/advertisement made just for the Oscars?
After other children’s shows took the lead in representing families with same-sex parents, the venerable Sesame Street is finally showing viewers a bigger picture of what families look like today.
“If These Ovaries Could Talk,” a fun and informative new podcast by two lesbian moms, shares stories of baby making and other aspects of raising and caring for our families. Meet them and have a listen!
The Fosters, the Freeform drama about two lesbian moms and their mix of five biological and adopted children, will end its run after five years on our screens—but like all good parents, they’re sending their children into the world to have adventures of their own.
Debra Chasnoff, the Academy Award-winning film director of Choosing Children, about the first generation of out lesbian moms, and a number of award-winning LGBTQ-inclusive educational films, has died at the age of 60 from breast cancer.
