LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
Let’s round up some LGBTQ parenting stories I haven’t covered elsewhere—have a read and see what’s happening!
The Queer Parent’s Agenda: An Illustrative List
My son is in college now, but it feels like just yesterday he was in preschool and my day of queer parenting looked something like this.
Groove Along to This Queer-Created, Queer-Inclusive Kids’ Music Album
What Does Love Look Like?, the latest album from family music group Strawbitty Yops, is all about “the different ways we show and receive love.” It includes their single about queer joy, “Rainbow Superpowers,” along with other upbeat tunes about family, community, collaboration, listening, gratitude, and more.
In Memoriam: Laura Ann Carleton, an Ally Killed for Flying Pride Flag
A California shop owner, community leader, and mother of nine children was killed Friday by a man who objected to her flying a Pride flag outside her clothing store and then shot her.
3 New LGBTQ Picture Books Explore a Range of Emotions
Three LGBTQ-inclusive picture books out today explore a range of emotions, from warm family times with diverse families, to coping with grief after the death of a pet, to joy and self-confidence with a dash of romance!
15 LGBTQ Kids’ Books Featuring Cats
It’s International Cat Day, so let’s celebrate with these LGBTQ-inclusive board, picture, and middle-grade books involving our feline friends—including a brand-new board book with a two-mom family that’s not “about” being a two-mom family!
Protests in Over a Dozen European Cities Against Italy’s Attack on Two-Mom Families
Queer parents and allies in more than a dozen European cities are holding protests against the Italian government’s removal of nongestational mothers in two-mom families from their children’s birth certificates. Here’s what’s happening and how you can help.
The Mayo Clinic’s New Middle Grade Guide to Periods Is Inclusive of All Genders
Yes, this thorough, graphic-style guide to menstruation from the authoritative Mayo Clinic is fully inclusive of people of all genders who get periods! Read on for my review and how it compares to some similar titles.
Listen to My Spouse and Me on the “Donor Conception Conversations” Podcast
My spouse Helen and I recently chatted with Lisa Schuman of the Donor Conception Conversations podcast about creating our family via reciprocal IVF 20 years ago, talking with our son about his donor, interacting with his schools, legally securing my parentage, and much more. Have a listen!
Michigan Supreme Court Affirms Rights of Nongenetic LGBTQ Parents
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Monday that nongenetic LGBTQ parents who were unconstitutionally denied the right to marry may seek custody of children they were raising with former partners.