LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
Education takes the spotlight this week, along with a number of family profiles. Read on and see what’s new.
Raising
Victoria’s Secret Model with Lesbian Mom, Gay Dad Talks About Her Family
It’s turning into a video week around here, but I can’t help but share Victoria’s Secret model Josephine Skriver’s new video about standing up for her family—and how her lesbian mom had put out an ad seeking a gay dad to have a baby together.
International Women’s Day and Teaching Our Sons
It’s International Women’s Day, and while I support those who are striking today (and will not shop today myself), I don’t think it hurts the cause simply to elevate the Day’s message of “a more inclusive, gender equal world,” especially among my largely female audience. Hence this post about my son and gender equity.
New UN Video by Children’s Author Shows Harm in Anti-LGBTQ Bullying
A new video shows the harm in anti-LGBTQ bullying—and encourages people to make a positive difference.
New Video Encourages Trans People to Foster or Adopt
A sweet new video to kick off LGBT Adoption & Fostering Week in the U.K. features a transgender adoptive dad encouraging other transgender people to foster or adopt kids.
Stories of Trans Lives
If there is one small positive in the attack on transgender people by the Trump administration, it is that more stories of trans kids are appearing in mainstream as well as LGBTQ media outlets. We owe it to those children to read their stories and ensure that our society is welcoming to them—but we also need to remember and support other trans lives.
What Do Kids Call Their LGBTQ Parents? 100s of Answers
“What do your kids call you?” Many of us LGBTQ parents have gotten this question—and many of us asked it of others when we were considering parenting. Six years ago, I posted a form to collect and share answers to this question, and the responses keep coming in (with 230 so far!), so I thought I’d do a fresh post about it–and ask again for more answers!
New Kids’ Picture Book and Video on Gender Identity
In light of the Trump administration’s decision yesterday to rescind guidance that protected transgender students, I felt it was especially important to share a great new resource for kids (and their grown-ups) about gender identity.
Not Explaining; Simply Being
A must-read for this President’s Day is writer and parent Jennifer Finney Boylan’s piece at Medium, “I’m all done explaining my humanity.” She’s talking about being transgender—but it’s a piece everyone should read, trans and cis alike.
Needed ASAP: Older Children of LGBTQ Parents for SCOTUS Amicus Brief
Time-sensitive action alert: Older children of LGBTQ parents are needed to lend their voices to an amicus brief for the U. S. Supreme Court in a case seeking to overturn an Arkansas decision that denied same-sex parents the right to be on their children’s birth certificates.