Next up for VQ Comes Out – our week-long series honoring National Coming Out Day and LGBT History month – Sandra tells us about her love of a woman in uniform and her unwillingness to let assumptions about her slide now that she has children. ~ The Editors [hr] When did you come out […]
Today is National Coming Out Day (NCOD). For 25 years now, October 11th has been celebrated as a day to celebrate those coming out or living lives openly as LGBT people. For those of us who came out a while ago, NCOD might seem irrelevant to our current lives, but […]
When I was first invited to write for this project, my first question was about the site’s name. I knew I wanted to be a part of this site and to work with this amazing group of people, but the name – Lesbian Family – didn’t quite fit for me. […]
Spoiler alert-o-rama! These weekly Roundtables are your place for smart lesbofamily banter about the new ABC Family show The Fosters, and they’re chock-a-block with SPOILERY content. You’ve been warned! If you haven’t yet, watch it (ABCFamily is making the episodes available), and then come right back and join in! Cast of […]
[Cross-posted from West Philly Mama. Happy Father’s Day to all that celebrate.] The best thing I’ve ever done for my children was to choose jb as my co-parent. No one ever doubted she’d be a phenomenal parent (kids have always been drawn to her and she has an inhuman reservoir of patience), […]
Spoiler alert-o-rama! We’ll be dishing, dicing, slicing, and debating the new ABC Family drama The Fosters each week, and it’ll be no holds barred! So read no further if you want to watch the show and actually be surprised by what happens! And then come back, read up, and join […]
This week, I came across two stories (an AP piece and a blog post by the National Education Association) about efforts that families, educators and schools are making to accommodate transgender students in their classrooms as early as elementary school. Having this kind of support at the place where kids spend most of their awake […]
I have been blessed with two beautiful, healthy, uncomplicated births. I think every mother feels the same. The excitement of a newborn kid coming into the world is unparalleled. It is a time when a new life created by two human beings comes into the world, I think that like […]
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 […]
Here at Lesbian Family we are keenly aware that families come in all shapes, sizes, and shades. That’s a big part of why we seek each other out – there is a comfort to being among people who understand that love makes a family. It’s nice to share space with […]
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