http://annedickson.co.uk/?p=166 Dear VillageQ Family, My heart is breaking for my Muslim friends. The Islamophobic rantings, the characterization of Muslims as terrorists, the unconscionable suggestions that Muslims be banned or tagged or quarantined in the U.S.—this recent up-swell of hate is hurting so many good and peaceful people. While going about their […]
It’s almost like this heteronormative, media-driven world we live in has MORE impact than my voice!
Just when you think you have reached the end of the internet, a whole new batch of blogs for the VillageQ directory pops up! I love seeing the snippets of people’s lives. Whether I visit once or keep going back, our growing repository of blogs is proof that families come […]
I appreciate every word you put on the page that pushes society forward and allies are absolutely essential to creating change. But I have also seen some of our allies miss the mark and that’s why I am writing this post.
Julia Roberts is an advocate, writer, speaker, strategist and community builder who co-founded Support for Special Needs in 2010 for families touched by special needs. Married to Julian and living in Atlanta, Georgia, they own a small business. They are raising two kids with learning disabilities who survived kidney transplants […]
Okay. I admit it. I have a bit of a crush (and, no, VillageQ is not talking about our collective crush on Hart again). Actually, at times, this new crush has felt like a bit of an obsession. Hasn’t that happened to you to? A time when you think you […]
People have asked how I am ordering all the newly listed blogs that I announce. The simple truth is: I don’t. I have a huge list of new blogs and I open pages at random. Once I have 6-8 pages open, I poke around, read a bit, sometimes comment, and […]
Clare Davina, a longtime regular contributor here at Lesbian Family (first post: 12 July 2007!), also blogs at Musings from inside, outside, and underneath. Her post below is the tenth in our Lawfully Wedded Life series, and the first to look at heterosexually wedded life and how same-sex wedded life affects it. Do you […]
Guest author and LGBT ally Sara posted this on her blog The Titleless Blog the Friday before Minnesota’s senate approved gay marraige (the photo appeared on her instagram). Sara is one of those blog friends who became a real life friend. I have “known” her through her blog since 2008 and […]
Maria L. Hughes, of ChildrensBookstore.com recently contacted me to share a bit about some of the books she likes for kids who are–or who are interested in learning more about being–“gender variant.” “Gender variant” is a loose term meant to include any kid who feels constrained by the rigidity of […]
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