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Here's What You Should Do Now If You're a Queer Family in America
The election of Donald Trump to a second term as president feels like a body blow. The danger of his policies to LGBTQ+ and other marginalized people is real. [...]Read more about Here's What You Should Do Now If You're a Queer Family in America
8 Back-to-School Resources for LGBTQ+ Parents
Sending our kids off to school always brings a certain amount of trepidation. Will they learn? Make friends? Grow emotionally? For LGBTQ+ parents, our concerns [...]Read more about 8 Back-to-School Resources for LGBTQ+ Parents
6 Picture-Book Biographies of Black LGBTQ+ Americans
In honor of Black History Month — but best read all year round — here are some of my favorite recent children’s biographies of famous Black LGBTQ+ [...]Read more about 6 Picture-Book Biographies of Black LGBTQ+ Americans
How LGBTQ+ Families Can Foster Change in 2024
After a 2023 that saw a rise in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and more than 500 anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced across the country, where should LGBTQ+ parents and our [...]Read more about How LGBTQ+ Families Can Foster Change in 2024
10 LGBTQ-Inclusive Picture Books For Kids You May Have Missed
Here are 10 picture books you may have missed because the queer inclusion isn’t evident from the cover or title.
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10 Myths About LGBTQ+ Families
Debunking those nagging stereotypes once and for all.
Back-to-School Tips for LGBTQ+ Parents
Back-to-school time can be daunting for any parent, as we leave our children to the care of others and subject to peer circles that we can’t fully control. [...]Read more about Back-to-School Tips for LGBTQ+ Parents
After 303 Creative: Inequality and the Harm to Children
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling in 303 Creative v. Elenis was “profoundly wrong,” wrote Justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissent, where she also pointed to [...]Read more about After 303 Creative: Inequality and the Harm to Children
Mombian: College Application Tips for LGBTQ+ Families
Ah, spring! Time of flowers, birdsong and, for many of us parents and our children, college visits. My own son went through the college admissions process a [...]Read more about Mombian: College Application Tips for LGBTQ+ Families
Mombian: An Open Letter to Joe Biden from a Lesbian Mom
Dear President-elect Biden: I'm writing you this open letter as you prepare to take office as president. My son was just a few months too young to vote in the [...]Read more about Mombian: An Open Letter to Joe Biden from a Lesbian Mom
Mombian: 2020 LGBTQ Parenting Year in Review
In a year like no other, LGBTQ families, like all others, struggled with the physical, mental and economic challenges of the pandemic. And with children of [...]Read more about Mombian: 2020 LGBTQ Parenting Year in Review
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Mombian: The Day After the Election, a Crucial SCOTUS Case on LGBTQ Foster Care Rights
We are about two weeks away from the 2020 elections. A case that the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing the day after the elections, however, has me as [...]Read more about Mombian: The Day After the Election, a Crucial SCOTUS Case on LGBTQ Foster Care Rights
Mombian: Holiday Gift Guide to LGBTQ Children's Books
It's time for my annual gift guide to some of the year's best LGBTQ-inclusive children's picture books! There were happily more books published this year than [...]Read more about Mombian: Holiday Gift Guide to LGBTQ Children's Books
Mombian: The Scary and the Sweet: A Halloween Roundup for LGBTQ Families
It's almost Halloween, so let's look at some of the scary things happening to LGBTQ parents lately, and then at some treats that just might help us be [...]Read more about Mombian: The Scary and the Sweet: A Halloween Roundup for LGBTQ Families
Mombian: Transgender and Gender Creative Children Star in New Picture Books
"When Aiden Became a Brother," written by Kyle Lukoff and illustrated by Kaylani Juanita (Lee & Low), is a sweet and joyous tale about a biracial (black and [...]Read more about Mombian: Transgender and Gender Creative Children Star in New Picture Books
Mombian: Of Budget and Bias
President Trump's proposed 2020 budget, released March 11, reinforces his intention to let foster care and adoption agencies discriminate against LGBTQ people [...]Read more about Mombian: Of Budget and Bias
Mombian: A Mutual Benefit: Letting Employees Define their Families
People and families come in many forms, as any LGBTQ person can attest. Now, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company or MassMutual, as it's more commonly [...]Read more about Mombian: A Mutual Benefit: Letting Employees Define their Families
Mombian: Two New Picture Books Tell Story of Rainbow Flag
Pride season is here, and so are two new picture books that tell the story of the rainbow flag and the individuals who both inspired and created it. "Rob [...]Read more about Mombian: Two New Picture Books Tell Story of Rainbow Flag
Mombian: A Very Queer Halloween
BY DANA RUDOLPH Halloween is almost here, which for many of us means trips to the store to purchase overpriced costumes or hours spent sewing and hot-glueing [...]Read more about Mombian: A Very Queer Halloween
Mombian: Back-to-School Time in the Trump Era
BY DANA RUDOLPH My son is starting high school this fall, which I find hard to believe–it seems like just yesterday that I was driving him to preschool. This [...]Read more about Mombian: Back-to-School Time in the Trump Era
Mombian: New Guide Offers Advice for and from LGBTQ Parents
BY DANA RUDOLPH As an LGBTQ parent, I sometimes feel like I've had to make things up as I go along. But "Pride and Joy: A Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and [...]Read more about Mombian: New Guide Offers Advice for and from LGBTQ Parents
Mombian: LGBTQ Parents: Resistance, Persistence, and Pride
BY DANA RUDOLPH This wasn't the Pride Month I was looking forward to. I hoped we would be celebrating gains built on marriage equality, not battling to stop [...]Read more about Mombian: LGBTQ Parents: Resistance, Persistence, and Pride
Mombian: Warmth for the Winter
By Dana Rudolph February, despite being the shortest month, is often a hard one. Where I live, any day might be a snow day, with my son home from school and [...]Read more about Mombian: Warmth for the Winter
Mombian: Picking Up the Shards
By Dana Rudolph I made a cake on Nov. 8 to celebrate what I thought would be Hillary Clinton's election. For decoration, I melted sugar into sheets and broke [...]Read more about Mombian: Picking Up the Shards
Mombian: Hope and Help for Back-to-School Time
By Dana Rudolph Back-to-school time can be stressful for any parent. There are supplies to buy, schedules to arrange, and forms to fill out. For many LGBTQ [...]Read more about Mombian: Hope and Help for Back-to-School Time
Mombian: The Republican Platform: Leaving Out Love
By Dana Rudolph I had a good time poking fun at the plagiarism and grandstanding of the Republican Convention, as did many of my left-leaning friends. My [...]Read more about Mombian: The Republican Platform: Leaving Out Love
Mombian: Making Museums Welcoming to All Families
BY DANA RUDOLPH May is National Museum Month, and LGBTQ families have a growing source of support in museums — including ones aimed at children — that have [...]Read more about Mombian: Making Museums Welcoming to All Families
Mombian: Two Books Tell the Stories of LGBTQ Families
BY DANA RUDOLPH Stories have power. Two new collections of stories about the creation of LGBTQ families reinforce that point with two very different [...]Read more about Mombian: Two Books Tell the Stories of LGBTQ Families
Mombian: LGBTQ Families, Past, Present And Future
BY DANA RUDOLPH I love LGBTQ History Month almost more than I love Pride Month. Going to grad school in history will do that. Keeping in mind the truism, [...]Read more about Mombian: LGBTQ Families, Past, Present And Future
Mombian: LGBTQ-Inclusive Sex Ed Book For Kids Affirms And Empowers
By Dana Rudolph "Sex Is a Funny Word: A Book about Bodies, Feelings and YOU (Seven Stories Press)" continues a groundbreaking, LGBTQ-inclusive series for young [...]Read more about Mombian: LGBTQ-Inclusive Sex Ed Book For Kids Affirms And Empowers
Mombian: A Victory For And By Our Children
By Dana Rudolph I've been married to my spouse for 22 years. Only nine of them have been as legal spouses, however, and until June 26, even that legality came [...]Read more about Mombian: A Victory For And By Our Children
Mombian: Reading, Writing, 'Rithmetic and Reaching Out
by Dana Rudolph Back-to-school time is upon us once again, and LGBT parents are busy buying pencils and notebooks, rulers and knapsacks. We're not that [...]Read more about Mombian: Reading, Writing, 'Rithmetic and Reaching Out
Mombian: Prop. 8 and Playdates
By Dana Rudolph I agree with Robin Wirthlin. The Massachusetts Mormon mother and I might not seem to have a lot in common. She and her husband were featured [...]Read more about Mombian: Prop. 8 and Playdates
Mombian: Maine Reflections
By Dana Rudolph My spouse and I took our 6-year-old son camping in Maine right before the school year began. I have been camping there since I was two, myself. [...]Read more about Mombian: Maine Reflections
Mombian: A season of thanks
By Dana Rudolph It is supposed to be a time to give thanks, but the news is getting grim. Papers are carrying stories about children of same-sex parents [...]Read more about Mombian: A season of thanks
