We recently received a comment about a couple splitting up and it brought to mind the topic of divorce. My wife and I are no strangers to the topic of divorce. We’ve had discussions about it a few times and each time was scary, but it was also groundbreaking in our relationship. In our most […]
Suzan and Kimberly McLaughlin married in California in 2008. They then decided to start a family in 2010 via artificial insemination with an anonymous sperm donor. In 2010, Kimberly became pregnant. Before the baby was born, the couple moved to Tucson, Arizona, and created a parenting agreement that stated that they were equal parents to […]
By RoiAnn Phillips I bought a dresser at Ikea last weekend. It came in three large boxes. I knew exactly what dresser I wanted, but I decided to walk through the showrooms, too, because seeing furniture in-person is different from seeing it online. I wanted to be sure. I wanted this dresser to last me […]
By RoiAnn Phillips I have always burned the candle at both ends. In my early twenties, I remember coming home to my roommates, practically vibrating with excitement over some new (volunteer) opportunity I’d been given. I gushed through dinner about the possibilities, the creativity, the connections I’d be making. I don’t remember what it was […]
By RoiAnn Phillips There are shelves and shelves of books on birth, death, illness, marriage, loss and the stages of grief, describing what you might expect, how to cope, and how to support friends and family. What I have not yet discovered – and mind you, I’m a newly divorced mom, so I haven’t been […]
Originally published on The Seattle Lesbian The Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two held Tuesday that Suzan McLaughlin is a legal parent of the son she and her former same-sex spouse conceived through donor insemination and raised together before the couple separated. Suzan McLaughlin and her former wife, Kimberly, were married in 2008. Suzan and […]
By RoiAnn Philips I never expected to stand in front of a hundred family members and friends in a long white dress, lighting candles, exchanging rings, and proclaiming my love and commitment to a woman. I never expected a ceremony like ours to be fully and legally binding. I never expected to want to be […]
By Jennifer Kelly It’s been a solid year now since my family and I have been going through literal Hell. On the outside if you don’t know us, you may think we have it all. But what you are about to find out will shock you to your core. We are still in court […]
By Jennifer Kelly When I was around 15, my dad left my mother for another woman. I instantly resented this woman and was angry with her for so many reasons. I didn’t feel she deserved my father. It wasn’t fair that she took him away from us. But as I am now in my 30s, […]
By Patrice Langford After I graduated from high school I decided that I needed a break from school for a few months, a break that went beyond the summer. I had not applied to any universities. I knew that it was not in the cards for me. I knew that I was better suited […]
