For Mother’s Day or all year ’round, here are some great picture books about the relationships between queer moms and our children—with married/coupled moms, single moms, divorced moms, cis and trans moms, and even more variety!
I still remember the first time it happened, when my son was in preschool in the early aughts. I’ve shared this story before, but not for a while. As we approach the season of parenting holidays, I thought I’d do so again.
Hot on the heels of Lesbian Visibility Day, today is Donor Conception Awareness Day, a time for raising awareness of all families, LGBTQ and not, who started via donor conception. Here are a few great new, LGBTQ-inclusive resources for both parents and kids—and a little about my own family story.
A number of years ago, a mainstream journalist asked me, “Are you worried about providing male role models for your son?” Here’s the piece I wrote about my answer, which I’m pulling from the archives and freshening up a bit.
Happy Nonbinary Parents Day to all of the many nonbinary parents out there! Here are some books for all ages featuring nonbinary parents and adults, as well as ideas from other nonbinary parents about what their kids call them!
My spouse Helen and I recently celebrated our 30th anniversary. At a time when the LGBTQ community is being attacked on all sides, this personal milestone also reminded me that despite the many challenges for LGBTQ folks right now, progress can happen and queer joy is real.
Passover begins this Wednesday! How might we LGBTQ families use the traditional “Four Questions” of the holiday to guide our modern-day journeys? Here are my suggestions, slightly revised from a piece I wrote a few years ago.
A school district has announced that from now on, its history classes will only teach about the contributions of queer people—not straight, cisgender ones—to American history.
It takes love—and often money—to make a family. A new report looks at the financial experiences of LGBTQ people in the United States, including ones related to starting families and securing legal parental rights. Let’s dig into ti!
Happy International Women’s Day! Celebrate with some recent picture-book biographies of these inspiring queer and queer-adjacent women!
