By Brandy Black If you follow our YouTube channel, you know that my wife Susan and I have been sharing our coming out story. Last week, Susan shared her coming out experience and, well, this week was my turn. I was a little hesitant to share my coming out story because unlike Susan’s experience and […]
Highlights Kids Magazine Called LGBT Families a “Situation”
People aren’t too happy with Highlights Magazine these days, mostly for their latest response as to why they don’t include same-sex families in their publication, despite being inclusive of all other family types like single parents, interracial, and multi-generational. Kristina Wertz has a one-year-old daughter and a same-sex partner. Her daughter loves Hello Magazine, a Highlights […]
My Kids Think My Wife is Half Boy, Half Girl
By Brandy Black My wife Susan was working with our four-year-old twins the other day on learning the Hebrew words for “mom” and “dad.” What began as an effort to teach them more about their Jewish culture, turned into us learning that our twins think that Susan is half boy, half girl. Although, I might […]
Non-Birth Mother Wins Parental Rights in Massachusetts Parentage Case
Originally published on The Seattle Lesbian Tuesday the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a decision in Partnanen v. Gallagher, declaring that Karen Partanen, a non-birth mother, can be a legal parent to the two children she raised with her former partner Julie Gallagher. The decision can be read here. Partanen and Gallagher mutually agreed to have […]
WATCH: Things That Husbands (and Two Dads) Do
Matt Dallas (actor from Kyle XY) married his now-husband, Blue Hamilton, last year. Soon after, they adopted a son, Crow, and are now documenting their (adorable and handsome) lives on YouTube. Better yet, they just released an amazing video, “Things That Husbands Do,” that all too perfectly displays what many two-dad families experience. It’s things […]
WATCH: Interview with Kevin Montgomery-Duban, Gay Dads on Raising a Daughter
New IVF Technique: A Three-Person Baby Might Be a Possibility
By Alex Temblador Three-person baby? Yes, you read that right. Scientists in Britain have declared a new IVF technique safe for women and babies and it would involve DNA from three different people. This technique arose in the hopes to allow women with horrific genetic diseases to be able to have a healthy child without […]
Lesbian Moms Give Tips on Picking a Donor
Lesbian Moms: What Do Your Kids Call You?
In their latest YouTube video, Brandy and Susan of The Next Family discussed an important aspect of same-sex parenting: what kids call their parents. They begin by sharing their own personal story of trying to name themselves as “Mama B” and “Mama S” and then quickly realized how difficult that would be for kids. It […]
20 (More) Reasons My Daughter Isn’t Speaking to Me
By: Shannon Ralph A couple of months ago, I published an article entitled 20 Reasons My Daughter Isn’t Speaking to Me. Since that time, in true tween fashion, my nine-year-old daughter has continued her embittered vow of silence. Okay, lets’ be honest. The silence part isn’t so bad. It’s a nice break from the eye-popping, […]