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New Women’s March Coloring Book — with Queer Families (and Many More)

July 19, 2017

A new coloring book for all ages celebrates last January’s Women’s March—and includes several queer families and individuals among the many diverse people in its pages.

The Best States for LGBTQ Families

June 15, 2017

A new report from a major philanthropic foundation looks at “state trends in child well-being.” Families with LGBTQ members, however, will likely want to cross-reference it with some LGBTQ-specific studies if they want to determine the best state for them.

LGBTQ Parents: Resistance, Persistence, and Pride

June 13, 2017

This wasn’t the Pride Month I was looking forward to. I hoped we would be celebrating gains built on marriage equality, not battling to stop religious-exemption laws that could exclude us from parenting and limit homes for children who need them. I hoped we would be celebrating a growing understanding of transgender people, not trying to stop the same kind of bathroom bills for which North Carolina has been widely criticized. I hoped we wouldn’t still have to fight for the right of both same-sex parents to be on our children’s birth certificates.

Pulse Nightclub sign. Photo by Dana Rudolph

Of Hate and Hope: Explaining the Pulse Massacre to My Son

June 12, 2017

I wrote this last year for my newspaper column, shortly after the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando that killed 49 mostly LatinX, LGBTQ young people. One year later, to #HonorThemWithAction, I thought I should post it here.

When I learned of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, my own son was in elementary school, and I was shaken to the core. He is in middle school now, and the Orlando massacre has shaken me again. The victims this time were not young children—but they were all someone’s children.

National Center for Lesbian Rights Celebrates 40 Years — and Family Law Roots

May 19, 2017

The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is turning 40, and reminds us that although their scope has broadened, they began with the goal of helping lesbian and bisexual mothers who came out and were at risk of losing their children.

May 17: A Day Marking Three Civil Rights Milestones

May 17, 2017

Did you know that May 17 marks three key events in the history of civil rights?

Can you name them?

“We Will No Longer Be ‘The Kids’ of the Movement” Says New COLAGE ED

May 11, 2017

COLAGE, the national organization for people with one or more LGBTQ parents, has announced Dr. Paul-David Perry as its new executive director. Perry, in a post on the organization’s new blog, says that COLAGErs can play a central role in both the LGBTQ and other social justice movements.

Love and Science: How Science Has Helped LGBTQ Families

April 22, 2017

Today, the March for Science in Washington, D.C. and hundreds of other global locations will encourage science that “upholds the common good” and allows evidence-based policymaking in the public interest. I thus thought this was a good time to look at how science has specifically helped LGBTQ parents and our children.

Give OUT Today for Our Families

April 20, 2017

This year, with LGBTQ equality under threat, the nonprofits supporting our families need our help more than ever. Please consider giving today, the fifth annual Give OUT Day, in order to increase the impact of your giving.

Marriage Equality May Provide “False Sense of Security” About Parental Rights

April 10, 2017

Marriage equality, while “a game-changer for LGBT families,” may also give some parents a “false sense of security,” according to a new report.