Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld is the first out LGBTQ person to become president of the American Medical Association (AMA). In his inaugural speech yesterday, he drew on his experience as a gay dad with a newborn son to highlight “inequities and injustices in medicine.” He also urged fighting the “criminalization of care,” a reference to bans on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
I first wrote this in 2016, shortly after the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando that killed 49 mostly Latine, LGBTQ young people. Seven years later, I am reposting it as a reminder to remember, to teach, and to act.
What better way to celebrate Pride this year than with three new kids’ books about trans heroes—plus a new chapter book about gender identity!
Glamour UK’s Pride cover features transgender man Logan Brown, who was pregnant at the time and is now a dad. He spoke with them about his experience of pregnancy, birth, and being a trans parent. Click through to see the cover image and learn more.
Today is LGBTQ Families Day and the start of Pride Month! Here’s how to join in—plus some other goings on, including an important new report about LGBTQ families and parentage laws, a new tool about LGBTQ paths to parentage, and a discussion with PFLAG and me that you can hear this afternoon!
There are now dozens of kids’ books about Pride, its symbols, and the LGBTQ leaders who are part of its history. Here are some new ones, plus many old favorites, to enjoy this month and all year ‘round!
My spouse Helen and I chatted recently with Jaimie Kelton of The Queer Family Podcast about our path to parenthood via reciprocal IVF, having a son who’s now in college, why I started this blog, and more. Have a listen!
Thursday, June 1, 2023, is the 18th Annual LGBTQ Families Day and I hope you’ll all take part! Here’s the official press release, explaining why the event is so important this year as a celebration of family, community, and pride.
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT)—but it also marks two other key civil rights events! Can you name them?
When my son was 7, I asked what he thought I should write about for Mother’s Day, and he said, “Tell them that having two moms is just like having two people of any kind take care of you, except it’s more work on Mother’s Day.”
