Legally Protecting Your LGBTQ Family in 2026
A new year offers new motivation to set goals and make changes. For LGBTQ families, one of the most important goals should be to ensure our parent-child relationships are as legally secure as possible.
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12 Ways to Include Your Children in Your Wedding
When soccer stars Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis got married last week, their baby was part of the ceremony—which feels like a good excuse to post a revised version of a piece I did many years ago about how couples (particularly queer ones) who already have kids can include them in their weddings.
17 LGBTQ-Inclusive Kids’ Books About the Winter Holidays
Looking for LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books about the winter holidays? Check out these picture books—including two brand-new ones for Christmas and Hanukkah—plus a few middle grade titles that would also make great family read-alouds for younger children!
Why Is Today One of the Queerest Days of the Year?
November 18 marks at least five notable LGBTQ anniversaries and observances. Do you know them all? (OK, one is purely personal; it’s the “Massaversary” of when my spouse and I made it legal in Massachusetts. But even that is related to another event….)
7 New Picture Books for LGBTQ History Month
Seven picture books published this year—six biographies and one historical snapshot—highlight an array of figures and moments from LGBTQ history. One expects such books to be informative—but these are also often fun, lyrical, and dazzlingly illustrated, ready to inspire young readers in multiple ways.
The Real 30-Year (at Least) History of Reciprocal IVF
My spouse and I started our path to parenthood via reciprocal IVF (my egg, her womb) in 2002—so I was surprised to find numerous places online saying that RIVF was created in 2007 or even later. For LGBTQ History Month, I dug into RIVF’s real history, going back more than 30 years.
Banned Books Week: Saving Stories, Saving Children
Today starts Banned Books Week, and a new report from PEN America is blunt about the current wave of book bans in the United States: “Never before has access to so many stories been stolen from so many children.”
Persistence and Risk Taking: Lessons from an Earlier Generation of Lesbian Moms
For LGBTQ History Month, I spoke with Margaret Mooney, editor of a new anthology of essays by lesbian mothers who raised children in the 1980s, 90s, and early 2000s. The book not only sheds light on the past, but also offers wisdom for today.
New Report Shows LGBTQ Youth Through Their Own Words
“No one is in a better position to identify the supports that LGBTQ youth need to thrive than these youth themselves,” asserts a new report that offers a “holistic” look at the lived experiences of these young people in their own words.
“Radical Family” Shares Stories of an Earlier Generation of Lesbian Moms
In a powerful new collection of nine personal essays, lesbian parents who raised children in the 1980s, ’90s, and early 2000s share the stories of forming and sustaining their families.