Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson and her wife, Becky George, are expecting their second child, reports The Grio in a happy bit of pre-holiday news. Robinson is pregnant and due next spring.
The defense funding bill passed yesterday by the U.S. Senate includes a provision that would severely restrict service members with transgender children from providing them with all care that may be deemed medically necessary. It is now up to President Biden to decide whether to sign it.
Looking for LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books about the winter holidays? Check out these picture books, plus a few middle grade titles that would also make great family read-alouds for younger children!
Moving tales of self-growth and finding family, epic adventures of magic and mystery, sweet stories of friendships and crushes, and combinations of the above: the LGBTQ-inclusive middle grade novels of 2024 are a wide-ranging lot. Here are some favorites.
LGBTQ parents do not “make” our kids LGBTQ, but research has shown we may be more flexible than cisgender, straight parents about kids’ gender socialization. A new study finds, however, that some LGBTQ parents still feel invested in children’s gender conformity, feeling tension between supporting their children and protecting them from external harm.
Today is World AIDS Day, a time to remember that HIV/AIDS continues to shatter lives, families, and communities, even as other pandemics take hold. Since this is a parenting blog, I’m once again sharing how HIV/AIDS has impacted children and parents around the world.
November 18 marks at least five notable LGBTQ anniversaries and observances. Do you know them all? (OK, one is purely personal; it’s the “Massaversary” of when my spouse and I made it legal in Massachusetts. But even that is related to another event….)
In celebration of Transgender Awareness Week, but good for reading all year long, here are reviews of some of my favorite picture, middle grade, and grown-up books from 2024 that feature trans youth or trans parents (and sometimes both).
Two days after the election, I went to a Veteran’s Day breakfast in our town with my spouse, a U.S. Air Force veteran. My heart was heavy about the election results, and I wasn’t looking forward to the patriotic hoopla. But …
Happy Trans Parent Day to all transgender parents! May it be a time of joy and love. In honor of the occasion, here are some recent readings and a movie that showcase just a few of the many lives of trans parents.
