Today is the 19th Annual LGBTQ Families Day, a time to celebrate the many families with LGBTQ people in them! I invite you to post a family photo/video or some words of support on any social media channel, with the hashtag #LGBTQFamiliesDay. Let’s show our collective strength as a community of LGBTQ people, our children, our parents, and our allies.
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!
One of the most frequent questions I’ve heard from prospective LGBTQ parents is “What should our kids call us?” Here are just a few of the 400+ real-life names—and the stories behind them—that people have shared with the Mombian LGBTQ Parental Names Project since it began in 2011. Have a read and add your own!
Love makes a family, the saying goes—but for LGBTQ families, there’s a lot behind that simple statement.
As we honor Dr. King today, I hope we put his words into action throughout the year. Here’s my revised list of resources for talking with kids about both the holiday and about race and racism—conversations we should be having regularly.
New year, new endeavors! For some, this may mean taking the first steps towards parenthood—so I want to revisit some of the tips I found most useful as my spouse and I began our own journey.
Today is Giving Tuesday, an opportunity not only to give to charitable causes, but also to remind our children about the importance of giving. Here are some other ways my spouse and I have tried to teach our son this lesson all year round.
This recipe for Cranbanero Sauce has been a staple at our family’s Thanksgiving meal for many years. It’s spicier than discussing politics at the table!
Adults conceived through donor insemination (DI) who have lesbian parents were generally satisfied with their knowledge of and contact level with their donor siblings, according to recent findings from the longest-running study of lesbian families.
How do donor-conceived adults with lesbian parents think about parenting their own kids? And what do the lesbian parents think about becoming grandparents? Recent results from the longest-running study of lesbian families shed light on these questions.
