New “Family Pride” Matching Card Game for Kids — and 15% Off
Children’s books, magazines, and cartoons are slowly becoming more LGBTQ-inclusive—and now, a new matching card game proves that games can be, too.
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World Aids Day: Parents and Children
Today is World AIDS Day, so I’m continuing my tradition of sharing stories and statistics about parents and children with HIV/AIDS.
Teaching Children to Give, on Giving Tuesday and Every Day
Today is Giving Tuesday, a more altruistic counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, when we’re asked to give back to our communities and our world. Here are some ways my spouse and I have encouraged our son to give, today and every day.
Talking Turkey (and Politics) on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is almost here, and for many of us, that means dinner with extended family, not all of whom share our political views. Fear not—here’s a roundup of ways to survive the holiday without the cranberry sauce flying.
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2016
Today marks the 18th International Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. My thoughts today are with all of the transgender community, their parents, children, and friends.
November 18: A Queer Day to Celebrate
Exactly 13 years ago today, same-sex couples gained the right to marry in a U.S. state for the first time. In the U.K., on the same day, the government repealed Section 28, which had prevented local authorities from “promoting homosexuality.” Three years to the day later, my spouse and I made our own marriage legal.
UK Supermarket Features Two-Mom Family in Christmas Ad
UK supermarket giant Sainsbury’s features a two-mom couple, along with an interracial couple, in its upbeat Christmas ad for the year.
Thinking of Our Country and Our Families This Veterans Day
It’s Veterans Day as well as Military Family Month, and that has special import during this week of turmoil and division in our country.
Transgender Middle School Boy Shines in New Book
A new middle-grade book about a transgender boy is a positive, hopeful story of coming of age and transitioning. Put this one on your reading list.
Adopted Children, Children of Color Worry What Trump Win Would Mean for Them
The adopted child of a friend asked her, “Mom, if Donald Trump is elected, will he send me and my brother back to our countries of origin?” Here’s the mom’s response—along with Hillary Clinton’s response to a mixed-race boy who expressed his fears about the hateful language coming from the Trump campaign.