Shana tova u’metukah—a good and sweet year—to all those celebrating Rosh Hashanah today! Here are some readings and recipes for queer families and others during the High Holiday season, including the apple-cinnamon challah pictured here!
Many of us may hear “America the Beautiful” played this July 4th. But did you know that its author, Katharine Lee Bates, was also a scholar, suffragist, and social activist, and lived for 25 years in a loving relationship with fellow professor Katharine Coman?
A very happy day to all of you who are fathers, have fathers in your lives, or use Father’s Day (or Fathers’ Day) to celebrate any parent or member of your family!
Father’s Day (or Fathers’ Day, if that’s how you roll) is almost here, so let’s round up some great books for and about kids with queer dads—and a few for the dads themselves! Humor, drag queens, STEM learning, and gentle lessons of families and love—these books have it all!
Thank you to everyone who participated in LGBTQ Families Day yesterday, starting Pride Month with a burst of joy and reminding us of the love within and across our families! Here’s a recap with highlights from the event, including some high-profile folks who took part.
Today is LGBTQ Families Day, a time to celebrate the many families in every state and almost every county of the U.S. that have LGBTQ people in them! Please join in by sharing a family photo or another image or message of support and celebration, using the #LGBTQFamiliesDay hashtag!
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT)—but it’s really more than that, with two other key civil rights events also happening on this day in history!
Mother’s Day is here, with Father’s Day on its heels. As we head into the season of parenting holidays this year, I am thinking about both parental rights and reproductive rights and our urgent need for actions in support of inclusion and justice.
Today marks the 11th annual International Family Equality Day, an event created to celebrate the diversity of families globally! Wishing a happy day to all the families celebrating around the world!
Mother’s Day (or Mothers’ Day, if that suits you better) is almost here, so why not celebrate with some new picture books featuring queer moms?
