This Wednesday was IDAHOT, International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. As we all know, days like IDAHOT are very important to the LGBT community. Though we’ve made a lot of strides in the past 20 years for LGBT rights, we still have a long way to go as there are still states in the […]
By: Amber Leventry We read Mama’s Christmas list. A lot of her wish list seemed to involve relief from us, her, if not perfect, very charming twin boys. We weren’t born yesterday, Santa. Mama’s suggestions were not suggestions. We’ve had 18 months to learn her suggestions are usually passive aggressive ways of making us think […]
By Brandy Black Our six-year-old daughter learned to ride a bike over the last couple weeks. This falls under one of the more significant parenting moments for my wife and me. We tried to explain to our daughter, it is only once in your life that you learn how to ride a bike. It is […]
By Brandy Black The Next Family: Tell me about your family. Mugs: My family consists of my wife Mary, our 19-month-old son, Emerson, an orange tabby cat named Cheetoh, our dog, Blaze, and myself, Mugs. We live in Seattle, WA with loving, doting grandparents close by. Seattle is a very liberal and progressive city. We chose to […]
By Carol Rood Poor Bluebell. She cried. She cried as her 17-year-old son The Hunter walked out the front door with a Marine Corps recruiter to go take a “practice” ASVAB test. Let me back up a bit, that is actually the middle of the story. Yesterday the phone rang. The person on the other […]
By Shannon Ralph It can’t be easy being the son of hard-core lefty-leaning liberal lesbians. At least, this is the message that came through loud and clear from my soon-to-be ten-year-old son, Lucas, this weekend. He didn’t say it in so many words. But I got the distinct feeling that he was thinking it. This […]
By Shannon Ralph When Lucas was one year old, I never thought I would enjoy another year of his life as much as I did that one. He was this angelic, chubby little blonde thing with dimples that just wouldn’t quit. And he was so happy. He just sat around and played with his matchbox […]
By Carol Rood When I first started dating my lovely partner Bluebell, we had to keep everything a secret. First of all, she was still in the military and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was alive and well. Plus I had just gotten divorced and was unwilling to let my children know I was in […]
By Tanya Dodd-Hise I think that I need therapy. No really. I have been obsessing a little bit about things that I have absolutely no control over. And what have I been obsessing over, you might ask? My mortality. As everyone knows, I am a new mom again. Our baby girl is 11 months old. […]
By: Shannon Ralph Growing up is hard work. I am not sure when the status of “tween” is officially achieved. I always thought a child had to be in double digits to be considered a tween. If so, Lucas is an overachiever. At nine and a half years old, I feel like I am knee […]
