Do Lesbian Moms Celebrate Father’s Day?
Father’s Day is this Sunday—a holiday that might seem to exclude children with only moms. The reality is a little more complex.
Raising
Pro-Choice Means Having Choices
When Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, announced that she was pregnant, anti-choice activists reacted with surprise, as if being in favor of abortion rights meant being anti-pregnancy. RH Reality Check responded in turn with the Tumblr Pregnant, Parenting, and Pro-Choice, showing that the three can and do co-exist. Here’s my contribution—share yours.
Pride Ponderings
Pride is a funny concept, with both positive and negative connotations. It goeth before a fall. It makes a combustible pairing with prejudice. The Marines, though few, lay claim to it. Pride can be overweening. It can blind us to the needs of others. But it can also remind us of what is important in life: our children, our families, our identities.
Children with Same-Sex Parents Shine in NYT Photo Essay
Go be inspired by photographer Gabriela Herman’s wonderful photo essay of grown children with same-sex parents in today’s New York Times.
Tylenol Showcases #HowWeFamily with New Ad
Tylenol adds to its track record of supporting the LGBTQ community with a wonderful new campaign showing “How We Family.” Watch the first ad, by Academy Award-winning director Dustin Lance Black, after the jump.
Watch: “Holy” Video of Transgender, Gender Expansive Kids
“Holy,” the first video from the new children’s album celebrating transgender and gender expansive children may just bring tears of joy to your eyes. Watch.
Give OUT to Your Favorite LGBTQ Nonprofit
Today is the third national Give OUT Day, so I hope you’ll consider giving something to your favorite national or local LGBTQ nonprofit. Any day is a good day to give, of course, but doing so en masse like this helps show the power of our community and allies.
Homophobia, Perfection, and Pressure on Kids of LGBTQ Parents
One of the best pieces I’ve read this week is by a man who explains “How homophobia turned me against my gay mother.” Spoiler alert: He turned back—and in doing so, offers some very useful advice for all of us LGBTQ parents.
ELLE Features Androgynous Maternity Clothing Line
ELLE, one of the leading fashion magazine in the world, has just revealed sketches of the new androgynous maternity (“alternity”) clothing line from Butchbaby & Co. and posted a fantastic interview with the founders. Gender-nonconforming fashion is fashion indeed. Catch a sneak peek after the jump here, too.
Of Travel and Trailer: Part IV
My family and I spent Mothers’ Day Weekend camping in our new trailer. But what did we pick to haul it: the pickup truck of many a lesbian’s dream or the adaptable, entertaining family SUV?