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Don’t Miss This Picture Book Featuring a Child and Their Queer Grandfathers

May 2, 2019

Sometimes a picture book knocks everything out of the park. Evocative prose, whimsical illustrations, a sweet storyline that deals with sensitive topics by applying a big dose of family love—plus a gender ambiguous protagonist with two grandfathers who are a couple. I almost missed this book because the grandfathers’ relationship is so seamlessly woven into the story that the cataloging information has no indication there are LGBTQ characters. This is one picture book that shouldn’t be skipped, however.

Some Lesbian Mom History for Lesbian Visibility Day

April 26, 2019

It’s Lesbian Visibility Day, so here are a few tidbits of early visible lesbian mom history to honor those who went before us. (Plus a bonus photo of my own family being visible.)

Watch Now: Two-Mom Couple Featured in Documentary on IVF

April 25, 2019

Sarah and Yessie Williams, spouses from Brooklyn, New York, are featured in a new documentary airing today about four different couples and their journeys to create families through in vitro fertilization (IVF). Watch it here!

School Says Musical Was Cancelled Because of Profanity; Others See Anti-Gay Bias

April 24, 2019

A Maryland middle school musical was cancelled just two weeks from its first performance. School officials say it is because of profanity in the script, but others say it is because one of the characters has gay dads.

Video Project Captures LGBTQ Families’ School Experiences

April 22, 2019

An ongoing project in Canada has been conducting video interviews of families with LGBTQ parents and/or LGBTQ children about their children’s experiences in school. Have a look at some of the many clips from nearly 40 families.

Passover Questions for LGBTQ Families

April 19, 2019

Passover begins tonight, and although I’m somewhat casual in my observance, I love that the holiday, which commemorates the Jewish people’s journey out of slavery in Egypt, has become a time for reflection on freedom and social justice. This year, I’ve been thinking about how we LGBTQ parents might use the traditional “Four Questions” of Passover to guide our modern-day journeys.

HHS Proposes Eliminating Data Collection on Sexual Orientation of Foster and Adoptive Youth, Parents

April 18, 2019

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said this week that it wants to abandon the collection of foster care and adoption data that would have helped to more effectively serve LGBTQ youth.

Give OUT Today for LGBTQ Families

April 18, 2019

In the past two years, the threat to LGBTQ individuals and families has grown, and the nonprofits supporting our families need our help more than ever. Please consider giving today, the seventh annual Give OUT Day, in order to increase the impact of your giving.

Passover Reflections on Faith, Freedom, and Family

April 16, 2019

I’ve been celebrating the spring holidays with my interfaith family and reflecting that Passover and Easter this year come in the shadow of ongoing and spiteful religious exemption laws in a growing number of states and in the federal government. These laws, widely seen as targeting the LGBTQ community, would allow people to cite their religious beliefs as a reason to discriminate against others. I have to remind myself, however, that we shouldn’t set religion and LGBTQ equality as necessarily opposing forces.

Two Stories of Transgender Servicemembers and Their Families

April 15, 2019

President Trump’s senseless ban on transgender people in the military went into effect Friday. Here are two recent pieces on transgender servicemembers who are parents and the impact the ban is having on them and their families.