If you’ve been reading around the LGBT family blogosphere, you’re likely to have heard about Dana Rudolph’s Blogging for LBGT Families Day, something she’s hosted at Mombian for the past eight years. Many of you who blog already contribute; many of us who contribute here at Lesbian Family have logged a Blogging for LGBT Families [...]
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Albania’s 2nd Gay Ride Against Homophobia
I grew up in the US as a child of the 1980s and 90s. I was born after Stonewall but ...
Albania’s 2nd Gay Ride Against Homophobia
I grew up in the US as a child of the 1980s and 90s. I was born after Stonewall but before marriage equality in any state. I am part of the in-between generation. The one that didn’t live the acute violence but still didn’t have Gay-Straight Alliances at school or LGBT role models on TV. I have [...]
Highest Percentage of LGBT Families in Marriage Ban States
LGBT America is a nation starkly divided between relatively “high equality” states and “low equality” states, as the map to the right shows (dark green = relatively “high” equality; white = “low”; “medium” equality states, just two or three, are tan). And it isn’t news – or shouldn’t be – that the states with the [...]
Dealing with the News
By the time you read this, I’m certain you’ll have heard about what happened in Oklahoma. This is the part where I’d likely link you to a news article, or maybe some video. But not right now. I haven’t read any of them. I haven’t watched anything. I can’t – I simply can’t do it. [...]
Tragedies in the News: A Resouce List for Parents
First published April 16, following the Boston marathon bombing. Republishing this in the wake now of the Oklahoma tornado today, and with our hearts with all those affected. ~ Polly. __________ Each time any violence and tragedy dominates our hearts and minds, we’re rightly concerned that it may penetrate to our kids, with or without [...]
In The Weeds
Today is the last day that I will be the mama of two kids under three. Leo turns three tomorrow and I’m flooded with feelings of happiness, pride, sadness and relief. Mostly, I’m just glad we survived this year. (Please keep any “If you think two was hard, just wait until three!” comments to yourself.) [...]
ICYMI: 12 May to 18 May 2013
This past week was a big one for us at Lesbian Family: we watched in amazement as Minnesota became the 12th state to pass marriage equality. (One of us, Vikki, moved there right after college, and has rooted her life and family there for over 20 years; another of us, Polly, met the mother [...]
Featured Family Portraits
From Philadelphia to Atlanta to California, lesbian families are everywhere! Our first family is Alex, Jamie and their six year old Izzy. They live in Willow Glen, California. Thank you for sharing your beautiful family with us! Our second family this week is expecting their first baby! How exciting! Mercedes and Ashley are [...]
TGIF Video: MN Rep. Steve Simon on the Senate Floor
It has been a big week in Minnesota, as you’ve seen earlier this week with Vikki’s posts both documenting her day at the State Capitol and her thoughts the day after. If you check out how many YouTube videos of senators’ speeches on the floor of the Minnesota House, you’ll guess, as I did, that [...]
Parenting Towards Equality
Massachusetts Connecticut I’m watching The Voice at 10PM on Hulu because that’s when it suits me to watch The Voice. This is the first season I’ve caught every episode and not because I’m dazzled by singers so much as I am by Shakira. I find her many assets to be quite uplifting. Also, I’m understandably [...]
Reinventing Hip Mama: an Interview with Ariel Gore
In the wee early months of my suburban lesbian parenthood, after swimming through a sea of glossy parenting magazines full of articles about which board books would grow my six-month-old’s brain faster, or how to up my sexy factor for the husband I didn’t have, I discovered Hip Mama: the Parenting Zine. What sweet relief to find [...]
At Last: Marriage Equality Comes To Minnesota
When Luisa and I began planning our commitment ceremony in 2000, I called my mother to tell her and remember her saying that it wasn’t a “real wedding.” She went on to say that it was actually illegal, clearly missing the nuanced difference between “not legally recognized” and “you could do jail time.” In October [...]
So Long to The New Normal
Last month, I wrote about seeing ourselves in mass media. When it was originally announced, I had high hopes for The New Normal, but also large fears. Namely based on the fact that it was being brought to us by Ryan Murphy – one of the creators and the show runner over at Glee. And [...]
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