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The Families of Our Minds
Extended family / Family / Kids

The Families of Our Minds

mail order antabuse In a few days, we’re packing up and headed to the beach. I’m more than a little excited, as not only is this our first trip to the beach with n – this will be my first trip to the beach in over a decade. It’s brought up a lot […]

DOMA Down, Prop8 With It
News & Politics

DOMA Down, Prop8 With It

[We’ll update with Prop8 opinion as it comes in. Just did.] Okay folks: The Defense of Marriage Act has been found unconstitutional, says the Supreme Court in a 5-4 opinion written by Justice Kennedy and joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan. Kennedy, writing in the majority: The federal statute […]

A Few Minutes with Zach Wahls, Every Lesbian Mom’s Dream Son
News & Politics

A Few Minutes with Zach Wahls, Every Lesbian Mom’s Dream Son

I was fortunate to be at the Netroots Nation‘s LGBT Pre-conference the other day in San José, California, with LesFam collaboratrix and SalonLGBTQ mastermind Deb Rox. Not long after the proceedings started, I looked up from some note taking just in time to see a strapping young man stroll in, […]

Open Letter to the Mom I Met on the Train
Family / Parenting

Open Letter to the Mom I Met on the Train

We chatted just a little, all on our way home. My wife and child and I from Pride, you and your son from the Nats game. He was adorable (and yet his fit over not getting to play a game on your phone was reassuring in that way where all […]

Save Our Schools: A Queer Perspective
News & Politics

Save Our Schools: A Queer Perspective

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 […]

The Mixed Blessing Of A Quick Birth
Family / Life

The Mixed Blessing Of A Quick Birth

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 […]

Hug a Mother Why Don’t You
Family / Parenting

Hug a Mother Why Don’t You

Many countries celebrate a version of Mother’s Day, but the origins and dates vary from place to place. When we lived in London, we celebrated Mother’s Day in March. Those were the early days of cyber life when people still sent cards via snail mail, and I had to remember […]