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Do kids with same-sex parents do better academically? Let’s be careful...
A new study has found that children with same-sex parents do better academically than those with different-sex ones. This is yet another study among...
Representation Moves Forward
Representation of LGBTQ people and families in children’s media has taken several recent steps forward, even as these advances remind us how far we...
LGBTQ parenting revealed in memoir and research
Three new books offer various insight, inspiration, and social science rigor as they chart the contours of queer parents’ lives.
In “The Other Mothers: Two...
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...
Looking Ahead to 2021
After a year like 2020, how does one approach 2021? With low expectations, since anything would be better than 2020, or with high expectations,...
Finding Things to Be Thankful for in a Very Strange Year
As Thanksgiving approaches this year, I am thankful for many things — and not only that I’ve finally learned to make a decent pie...
Looking to the Future
I am submitting this column before Election Day, although it will appear just afterwards. No matter what happens, though, this I know: We will...
The day after the election, a Crucial SCOTUS case on foster...
We are about a week away from the 2020 elections. A case that the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing the day after the...
Survival Tips
Every time I think 2020 has thrown everything it’s got at us, it steps up its game: the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth...
3 Initiatives Offering Teachers Free, LGBTQ-Inclusive Books
Few things in life are free, but three different initiatives are now offering free LGBTQ-inclusive books and more to educators and schools throughout the...
Transition and Transformation in a Picture Book for Rosh Hashanah
A family’s annual celebration of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and the changes that each year brings, form the texture of “Love Remains:...
Classic Picture Book About Gender Creative Boy Is Back in Print
One of the first picture books about a gender creative boy, published in the 1970s but long out of print, is now available in...
The Books We Need: An LGBTQ Picture Book Wish List
The number of LGBTQ-inclusive picture books has grown exponentially over the past decade, particularly in the last couple years. There are some topics and...
New music album celebrates trans and nonbinary children
A new music album coming out this month will offer transgender and nonbinary children songs that reflect and support who they are. It’s the...
Pride Ideas for Families
Pride marches may be cancelled because of the pandemic, but there are still plenty of ways for LGBTQ families to mark the occasion and...
Supporting LGBTQ families requires that Black Lives Matter
Black lives matter. Black LGBTQ lives matter. And we will never have a just world for LGBTQ families until we have racial justice.
Black same-sex...
True stories, trans stories and more in new picture books
New books can be a delightful relief in these days of quarantine. Here are some of the many new LGBTQ-inclusive picture books coming out...
COVID-19 pauses family building for many LGBTQ people
Nina Willbach and her wife, a Philadelphia couple, have been trying to get pregnant since last June via assisted insemination. On March 13, they...
Needing More Than a Moment: LGBTQ Representation in Children’s Media
The Academy Award-winning songwriters behind Disney’s “Frozen,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez and husband Bobby Lopez, announced last week that they are working on Universal Pictures’ movie...
New kids’ LGBTQ-inclusive shows, books and music
One of the most frequent questions I hear from other LGBTQ parents is “Where can I find LGBTQ-inclusive books, shows and music for my...
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