Connecting LGBTQ Families

Profiles of LGBTQ families, plus family groups, organizations, and other ways to find community.

Family Profiles

Profiles of queer families, collected from various sources.

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New Storytelling Project to Honor 10th Anniversary of Nationwide Marriage Equality

A new storytelling project from Family Equality, To Have and To Hold, seeks to honor “the history and magic of LGBTQ+ unions” before, during, and after the historic fight for marriage equality. Here’s how you can be a part of this commemoration and celebration.

Family Voices

This was a series I ran many years ago, interviewing a number of queer families. I think many of their insights are still relevant today.

Family Voices: First in a Series

This post is the first in a series I will run on Tuesdays through the summer, profiling LGBT families from the Family Pride Coalition’s OUTSpoken Families program.

Family Voices II

Family Voices III

Family Voices IV

Family Voices V

Family Voices VI

Family Voices VII

Family Voices VIII

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Interviews

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Darra Gordon. Photo credit: Liz Farrell Photography

New Family Equality CEO Wants to “Double Down” on Impact for LGBTQ Families

For Darra Gordon, her new role as CEO of Family Equality is “more of a calling than a choice.” She and her wife Nicole are raising three children, one of whom identifies as nonbinary. The work of Family Equality, the national organization for LGBTQ families, is therefore “incredibly, deeply personal to me,” she said in

My Family

This blog has never been primarily about my own family, but I do sometimes write about my parenting experiences.

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Coming Out and Being Out as an LGBTQ Parent

Coming out is often described as a journey. As parents, it’s a journey we take with our children, whether we first come out before or after starting our families. For National Coming Out Day, here’s my story, plus some additional resources on coming out while a parent.
Mama
Frighten the Horses
One Day I'll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman: A Mother's Story
Kissing Girls on Shabbat: A Memoir
Love Out Loud
A Family, Maybe: Two Dads, Two Babies, and the Court Cases That Brought Us Together
The Only Way Through Is Out
Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family
Raising Kids beyond the Binary: Celebrating God's Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children
Talking to My Angels
Late Bloomer
Transister: Raising Twins in a Gender-Bending World

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