Queer Midwifes and Doulas Making Headlines
Two recent articles highlight some of the ways in which queer and queer-affirming midwives and doulas are helping LGBTQ families. Have a read—and share your own story of using one, if you did!
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LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
Time for another roundup of what’s happening in LGBTQ parenting that I haven’t written about already! Have a read and catch up.
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2018
Today marks the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, a time to memorialize those who were killed because of anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. One lost would be too many—and there are dozens.
Watch: CW Show Features Transgender Parent and Her Family Getting a New Puppy
Dawn Ennis is a transgender parent with two kids at home. She and her family were looking for a dog to join their household. and the folks from the CW Network’s Ready, Set, Pet show stepped in to help. The big question was: Will their new addition get along with their cat?
Stories of Transgender Parents to Read and Hear
It’s Transgender Awareness Week, so here are a few recent stories about some of the many ways of being a transgender parent.
LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
Lots of great family stories this time, plus a few other bits of news from round and about. Have a read!
Trump Administration Wants to Erase Transgender Identities
The Trump administration is considering wiping out recognition and protections of transgender people under federal law. This would be a sickening move that puts the safety and well-being of more than a million Americans—including children—at risk.
Girl Learns to Understand Her Transgender Brother in New Picture Book
National Coming Out Day is this week, and I’m celebrating with reviews of several new LGBTQ-inclusive children’s books that are coming out! The first—part of a partnership to increase LGBTQ-inclusive children’s books—is about a girl learning to understand her transgender sibling.
LGBTQ Parenting Roundup: Diaper Edition
Lots of good reads (and photos!) as we swing into the end of August, including a big move by the world’s best-selling diaper manufacturer!
A Threat to Our Children
Weeks after the Trump administration ostensibly changed its policies of child separation and family detention at the U.S.-Mexico border, and after a court-imposed deadline to reunite separated families, hundreds of immigrant and refugee children are still not with their parents. These policies are only some of several recent moves by the administration and by individual states that show an appalling disregard for the well-being of children.