mother’s day

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Happy Mother’s Day to ALL the Moms and All Who Mother

Whether you call yourself Mom, Mama, Mommy, Maman, Mamá, Mami, Momo, Momily, MaPa, Baba, Maddy, or any other parental name, if you want to rejoice in your parental identity today (even more than you do any other day), go for it!

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Happy Mother’s Day/Mothers’ Day/Motherz Day

Wishing a very happy day to all who claim today as their own, whether you spell it Mother’s Day, Mothers’ Day, or (my proposal from a few years back) Motherz Day. No matter what parental name your kids call you, if you want to celebrate today, then do it.

Kierra Johnson, executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force. Photo credit: Todd Franson

The Task Force’s Kierra Johnson on Motherhood and More

Kierra Johnson, executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, is also the mother of three. She spoke with me for Mother’s Day about her experiences as a parent in “a big fat queer blended family,” her advice for other queer parents, and how being a parent has impacted her work.

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