From the Dads: Posts About Fatherhood for Father’s Day
A very happy Father’s Day (or Fathers’ Day) to all of you who don the title! In honor of the day, I’m highlighting some of the posts from Blogging for LGBTQ Families Day about fatherhood.
Holidays
On Memorial Day, a Sign of Progress
May we all spare a thought today for those who have given their lives in service to our country. On this somber day, it is heartening to see that the military may be moving towards treating fallen lesbian and gay service members the same as any others.
Watch: “I’ve Got Four Moms”
While we’re talking about celebrating more than one mom for Mother’s Day, here’s a great song by a man who has four of them.
What We Did on Mother’s Day
When I spoke at HuffPo Live last week, the interviewer asked what our son did for us on Mother’s Day. What he does is only part of our family celebration, however. Here’s what our whole day looked like this year.
To All Types of Mothers on Mothers’ Day
As I was thinking about what to write for this column, I did what any self-respecting parenting writer would do, and asked my son. “Write about how there are many types of moms,” he suggested. “You know, like how some moms are all girly but you’re not.”
Viewing Alert: Catch Me on HuffPo Live Today
If you need a mid-afternoon break today, I hope you’ll catch me at 2:25 p.m. ET on HuffPo Live, discussing “Celebrating Many Moms for Mother’s Day.”
Our Time at the White House Easter Egg Roll
My family and I had a truly delightful time at the White House Easter Egg Roll this past Monday. I never thought I’d see anyone do event organizing and crowd management like Disney World, but the White House staff gives them a run for their money.
Off to the White House Easter Egg Roll!
I’m very excited. My family and I got tickets to the White House Easter Egg Roll this year, so we’re heading down to D.C. this weekend for the chance to tumble ovoids around the president’s lawn.
Jewish Book Project Offers Free Purim Picture Book with Gay Dads
One of the more delightful recent picture books featuring a child with LGBT parents is Elisabeth Kushner’s The Purim Superhero, about a child with gay dads celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim. I wrote about the book last year when it was first published — and am pleased to see that PJ Library, a project that sends free children’s books to Jewish families, is offering free copies of the book to subscribers who request it.
Celebrating Love, in Virginia and Beyond
Today is a day to celebrate love. How appropriate, then, that late yesterday, Federal District Court Judge Arenda Wright Allen struck down Virginia’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples, and in her ruling, quoted Mildred Loving of Loving v. Virginia, the case that struck down that state’s and the country’s anti-miscegenation laws.