Family Profiles
Profiles of queer families, collected from various sources.
New American Medical Association President Talks in Inaugural Speech of Being a Gay Dad, Helping Trans Youth
Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld is the first out LGBTQ person to become president of the American Medical Association (AMA). In his inaugural speech yesterday, he drew on his experience as a gay dad with a newborn son to highlight “inequities and injustices in medicine.” He also urged fighting the “criminalization of care,” a reference to bans
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 IX
This week’s Family Voices interview is with lesbian moms—and grandmothers—Barbara and Patricia. Below, they talk about their multi-religious and multi-ethnic family, being mothers to a young child while also having grown children, coming out to older children, and their love of P-town. As with the previous families highlighted in this feature, they are members of
Interviews
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OurShelves Connects LGBTQ Families with Diverse Books and Advocates for More
When lawyer, policy advocate, and community organizer Alli Harper and her wife had their first child, they did what many LGBTQ parents do: looked for children’s books that showed two-mom and other diverse families. The difficulty of finding more than a handful, however, led Harper to launch a nationwide service that is connecting readers with
My Family
This blog has never been primarily about my own family, but I do sometimes write about my parenting experiences.
Gender and Role Models: One Queer Parent’s Perspective
A number of years ago, a mainstream journalist asked me, “Are you worried about providing male role models for your son?” Here’s the piece I wrote about my answer, which I’m pulling from the archives and freshening up a bit.
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