Happy Mothers’ Day to us lesbian moms. Through our lesbianism, we are challenging society’s notion of what women should do and whom we should love. We turn preconceptions around again, however, when we take on women’s traditional role of mother. Neither “typical” mothers nor “typical” lesbians, we must find our own paths while helping our […]
Scientists in Sweden have found further evidence that sexual orientation is innate. They discovered that certain odors produce different responses in the brains of straight and lesbian women. The pattern of brain activity for lesbians was similar, but not identical, to that of straight men. A year ago, the same team showed a similarity in
There’s an interesting comment thread in progress at Parent Hacks on children and gender identity. Hop on over and join the conversation, if you’re so inclined.
If you’re looking for information about the 2007 Blogging for LGBT Families Day, please click here. UPDATE, June 1, 2006: The list of participating blogs is here. I’m declaring June 1, 2006 Blogging for LGBT Families Day, a day to raise awareness about LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) families. I want to invite you
Ever wonder what your work as a mom is worth in monetary terms? Blogging Baby today highlighted the Mom Salary Wizard (MSW), a calculator that determines salary equivalents for the “mom job” of both working and stay-at-home moms (SAHMs). I took a look, though I was peeved the site wasn’t gender-neutral. I never like the
Gay families are “traditionalizing” gay culture and reducing its explicit sexuality, said Dale Carpenter in last week’s Bay Area Reporter. His main example is San Francisco’s Castro District, an area known for its sexually explicit, BDSM-tinged gay-male culture. It’s no wonder families provide a stark contrast, or that they wish to make changes there. There’s
Four signs you’re a mom taking a cruise without your preschooler: You sing “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” while applying sunscreen. You want to bring home the towel-origami elephant the steward left in your room. You use a photo of your child as a bookmark for your beach reading, and look at it yourself even
Sometimes the reminders of invisibility leap up in unexpected places. My partner and I were dyeing Easter eggs the other day. We’d bought a kit with dye tablets, stickers, and shrink-on decorated wrappers. Yes, regular food coloring works, too, but we thought our two-year-old son would have fun putting stickers on the eggs. I pulled
In a landmark case in the UK, a Court of Appeal has ruled that a non-bio mom should be considered the “natural parent” of her former partner’s children and given custody, after the bio mom broke a shared-custody order and moved away. The head of the appeal panel, Lord Justice Thorpe, said that “in the
