For Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Beyond
I’m just going to leave this here today.
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10 Things LGBTQ Families Can Do to Find Strength in 2025
As I write this piece, we are just a few weeks away from arguably the most actively and intentionally anti-LGBTQ federal administration ever. It’s going to be a rough few years for many of us. Here are 10 things we can do in the year ahead to support ourselves and our families legally, emotionally, and communally.
Happy New Year!
A very happy New Year to you and your families, however you define them! We are heading into a year that will challenge the LGBTQ community like no other—but I hope we can also band together like never before. Here’s to a year full of love and joy despite the obstacles ahead.
Happy Holidays from Mombian!
Happy Hanukkah, merry Christmas, and happy Kwanzaa to those celebrating any or all of the holidays this week! Posting will be light for a bit while I enjoy time with my interfaith family, though I’ll still have a couple of new pieces here and there. You can also catch me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and Threads!
HRC President and Wife Expecting Second Child
Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson and her wife, Becky George, are expecting their second child, reports The Grio in a happy bit of pre-holiday news. Robinson is pregnant and due next spring.
Senate Approves Defense Bill Restricting Gender-Affirming Health Care for Transgender Children of Service Members
The defense funding bill passed yesterday by the U.S. Senate includes a provision that would severely restrict service members with transgender children from providing them with all care that may be deemed medically necessary. It is now up to President Biden to decide whether to sign it.
15 LGBTQ-Inclusive Winter Holiday Books for Kids
Looking for LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books about the winter holidays? Check out these picture books, plus a few middle grade titles that would also make great family read-alouds for younger children!
A Holiday Gift Guide to 2024’s Best LGBTQ Middle Grade Books
Moving tales of self-growth and finding family, epic adventures of magic and mystery, sweet stories of friendships and crushes, and combinations of the above: the LGBTQ-inclusive middle grade novels of 2024 are a wide-ranging lot. Here are some favorites.
New Study Looks at LGBTQ+ Parents’ Parenting Practices Around Gender
LGBTQ parents do not “make” our kids LGBTQ, but research has shown we may be more flexible than cisgender, straight parents about kids’ gender socialization. A new study finds, however, that some LGBTQ parents still feel invested in children’s gender conformity, feeling tension between supporting their children and protecting them from external harm.
Two-Mom Pro Hockey Couple Launches Parenting Podcast “Moms Who Puck”
A great new podcast from two-mom couple and former pro hockey players Madison and Anya Packer covers raising kids, forming queer families, balancing work and life, and being a professional athlete and parent. Even if you’re not a pro athlete, though, you’ll likely find it an interesting, fun, and useful listen.
