Family Profiles
Profiles of queer families, collected from various sources.
WNBA Star Candace Parker Comes Out and Announces Her Wife Is Pregnant
When WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Candace Parker makes a move, you know it’s going to be big. Today on Instagram she not only told the world that she married former Russian Olympic basketball player Anna Petrakova two years ago, but that Petrakova is pregnant.
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 International: VI
Here is the sixth interview in this phase of the Family Voices series. This time around, I am teaming up with Julieta of Ju, An y el Perro Activista to extend the series to include non-U.S. LGBT families. Julieta has also done Spanish translations of all the interviews, which you will find after the English
Interviews
I talk with people.
Children of Lesbian Families Happy and Healthy, Despite Homophobia
The 17-year-olds participating in the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS) “demonstrate significantly higher social competence” and “significantly lower total problem behavior [than the standard population]. This is a very high indication of mental health,” asserts Dr. Nanette Gartrell, principal investigator of the NLLFS and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California-San
My Family
This blog has never been primarily about my own family, but I do sometimes write about my parenting experiences.
A Night to Remember
Last night, at Family Equality Council’s Night at the Pier, I was honored to receive the Hostetter-Habib Family Award, while Katie Couric was honored for her work on the National Geographic film Gender Revolution.
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