A must-read new anthology about queer women and nonbinary people who are nonbiological and nongestational parents looks at their paths to parenthood, their experiences as parents, and the evolving meanings of what it is to be a mother.
A new book by the hosts of a popular podcast captures the lively spirit of the show and the insights of their many guests as it explores LGBTQ family making.
In a moving new short film, a gay dad prepares lunches for his daughter during her first weeks of school and reflects on starting his family, his own difficult school days, and his hopes for the future. Along with the film is a short documentary that looks more broadly at what family means to LGBTQ people.
Two men in Croatia have become the country’s first same-sex foster parents after a three-year struggle.
The new Netflix documentary series about the early video game industry, High Score, features the winner of the first-ever national championship for a video game, who became a lauded game developer and entrepreneur. She’s also a transgender woman who’s now a mom and a grandma.
Stacey and Cheralyn are a two-mom couple living in Texas with their two kids. As part of a short documentary series from Family Equality, they recently shared their story of starting a family through adoption, the effect of marriage equality on their lives, and why visibility and representation are so important.
Many of us have had the joy/challenge of homeschooling our kids, at least in part, over the past few months. That’s why “homeschool,” a post from Magdalen Dale at her blog overallmagic, is my pick for a Post of the Week.
Beckett Cypher, son of musician Melissa Etheridge and filmmaker Julie Cypher, has died at age 21.
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic that is shaking our world, I spoke with several different LGBTQ families recently to see how they’re handling the crisis, what their challenges are, and where they’re finding strength.
LGBTQ civil rights icon Phyllis Lyon died yesterday from natural causes at her home in San Francisco. She was 95. She and her spouse Del Martin were the first same-sex couple to marry legally in San Francisco in 2008—but her contribution to LGBTQ equality goes far beyond that.
