Hanukkah starts this Sunday evening, which means I’m in a bit of a mood as I’m getting ready. I give to you all, therefore, a very queer rewrite of the classic Hanukkah song, “I Had a Little Dreidel.” Enjoy (and leave another verse, if you’re so inspired)!
It’s time for my annual roundup of some of this year’s best LGBTQ-inclusive children’s and middle-grade books and magazine! It was a banner year for such books in many ways, with a high overall volume and a surge in the often neglected middle-grade range.
Today is Giving Tuesday, but I’m not going to ask you to give to any particular organizations. (They’re probably already bombarding your inbox.) Instead, I’ll ask you to think about the ways in which we instill giving habits into our kids.
A simple, free form that gives both parents, regardless of gender, legal parentage of a child born to one of them, with the force of a court decree? Such a thing exists in a small but growing number of states, as the Associated Press recently reported. That’s terrific progress—but there’s still a long way to go before it’s a widespread option for securing parentage.
I know, I know. Few of us who used assisted reproduction really wielded turkey basters. But to me, Thanksgiving is about family—the one I came from and the one my spouse and I created—-so the iconic if erroneous turkey baster is as good a symbol as any.
Today marks the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, a time to memorialize those who were killed because of anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. One lost would be too many—and there are dozens.
Dawn Ennis is a transgender parent with two kids at home. She and her family were looking for a dog to join their household. and the folks from the CW Network’s Ready, Set, Pet show stepped in to help. The big question was: Will their new addition get along with their cat?
Musicians, producers, spouses, and moms Danielle LoPresti and Alicia Champion have released a new beautiful video inspired by their personal journey to adoption.
Dana Alison Levy is back with her fourth middle-grade book set in the universe of The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher, her 2014 novel about a two-dad family. Her latest book, It Wasn’t Me, centers around one of the Fletchers’ classmates, whose photography project was vandalized with threats and gay slurs, and it asks readers to reflect on the assumptions we make about others.
It’s Transgender Awareness Week, so here are a few recent stories about some of the many ways of being a transgender parent.
