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Values his moms taught him
Zach Wahls, author of the new book “My Two Moms,” likely needs no introduction to many readers. The former University of Iowa student burst into national fame in 2011 when his speech before the sta...
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Spring thoughts on parenting
Spring is here, a time of year that always makes me think of new beginnings (and not just because I have to start cleaning up the yard after winter’s neglect). Nine springs ago, my spouse and I wer...
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Why schools must teach about LGBT families
Only two out of 10 elementary-school students have learned about same-sex-headed families, according to a new study commissioned by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. Considering that...
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Reflections on five years of parenting and progress
This column marks five years of Mombian columns for me. Looking back, it’s been a time of tremendous change for LGBT families — and for me personally. I’ve learned a lot over these years, both as a...
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The year’s best moments in LGBT parenting
Each year our children grow, and each year we make a little more progress toward equality for our families. Here are 10 of the best moments of 2011 that helped raise visibility and advance equality...
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Where are the LGBT biographies for kids?
My third-grade son has been enjoying biographies, learning things even I didn’t know about Thomas Edison and Benjamin Franklin. So when I read that Frank Kameny, one of the founding fathers of the ...
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‘Invisible’ black lesbian families made visible
“Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships and Motherhood Among Black Women,” by UCLA sociologist Mignon Moore, is arguably the most groundbreaking work on LGBT parenting published in recen...
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Gifts of loss, life and love
This is a time of love and loss for me, marked by two tragic events. The first was the World Trade Center disaster of Sept. 11, 2001. For most of 2001, I worked on the top floor of Two World Financ...
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My very gay straight cruise
I’d only ever done gay cruising before. No, not that kind of cruising — I mean the floating around on a big ship kind. My in-laws recently took my spouse, our son and me, plus my spouse’s two sibli...
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Family Week offers LGBT families fun and friendship
Take several-hundred LGBT families from around the country — moms, dads, children young and old and assorted other relatives — add sun, sand, movies and a bonfire, and you’ve only just begun to scr...
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