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Lesbian Tour Guide — A Guest Post

April 4, 2018

Today’s piece is a guest post byÂ Lara Lillibridge, whose memoirÂ Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home, I reviewed yesterday. Here, she offers her thoughts on growing up with two moms and being a “lesbian tour guide” to the outside world. She reminds me, once again, that we parents have as much to learn from our children as they from us (maybe more), and we LGBTQ parents are wise to listen to the voices of those who grew up with LGBTQ parents. We and our own children will be better for it.

Lesbian Moms Create Dome Habitat to Protect Family from Getting Sick

April 1, 2018

Spouses Ann T. Septick and Clea N. Liness created a hermetically sealed habitat for themselves and their family to protect them from ever getting sick, a move prompted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) recent anti-LGBTQ moves.

Why Is This Weekend Different from All Other Weekends?

March 29, 2018

This weekend is Passover and Easter, as well as April Fool’s Day, making things pretty busy for my fun-loving interfaith family. On top of all that, my spouse Helen and I are celebrating our 25th anniversary. I’m finding a lot of resonance in all four occasions.

March On

March 24, 2018

Wishing peace, strength, and perseverance to all who are gathering today to speak out for gun control and to end gun violence in our schools—especially the young people who are leading us where we should have gone long ago.

“The Department of Health and Human Services? Or the Department of Illness and Death?”

March 15, 2018

Several LGBTQ organizations are condemning the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS’) plan to delay the collection of foster care and adoption data that was required by a 2016 rule, including data related to sexual orientation and gender identity.

17 Minutes of Silence

March 14, 2018

Students around the country are organizing walkouts and other observances at 10:00 a.m. ET today to honor the victims of gun violence and stress the need for stricter gun control laws. As parents, we need to listen to and support them. Here are a few resources to help.

New Out & Equal CEO Talks Work, Life, and Family

March 13, 2018

As a mom, Erin Uritus, the new CEO of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, knows first-hand how important it is for companies to support their queer parent employees in starting families and finding work-life balance.

Watch: Stoneman Douglas GSA Honored: “Loud and Proud and Laser-Focused on Calling B.S.”

March 12, 2018

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School GSA, along with its president, Emma Gonzalez, were honored atÂ Equality Florida’s 2018 Miami Gala last Saturday for their work against gun violence in the wake of the tragic shooting at the school last month. Listen to Gonzalez’s remarks.

International Women’s Day and Passing on the Message of Gender Equity

March 8, 2018

Today isÂ International Women’s Day, “a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.” We do that year round at our house of two moms—but the day has gotten me thinking about how I first learned about the need for gender equity.

Family Leave Policies Leaving LGBTQ Parents Behind

March 1, 2018

Leave policies for parents welcoming new children “still commonly exclude LGBTQ families,” according to a new report. And the harms of poor paid leave policies extend broadly to the LGBTQ community.