By Brandy Black Creating a family isn’t easy for every couple or single parent by choice. For Susan and I, it was a long three years of disappointment after disappointment. But there was a beautiful light at the end of it all — three lights, in fact. We shared with you the first part of […]
By Brandy Black My family and I have been vlogging for the last year and a half or so, and we are excited to announce that we just hit 7,000 subscribers! It’s pretty thrilling, not just for hitting a milestone, but because we promised our viewers that we would provide 30 days of vlogs if […]
For LGBT families, it’s often hard to find family representation in films, books, TV shows, and, yes, music. That’s why Manuel and Bud Santos created nursery rhymes for their kids that represented their LGBT family, and then decided to professionally produce the songs to share with others. The songs feature gay-dads, single-dad, and two-mom families. […]
By Brandy Black As we get closer to the holidays, we’ve been doing more and more traditions as a family. We’ve baked cooked (as good as we can!); our children have rushed under the tree to read which gift is their’s. Penn and Bella made amazing gingerbread houses. And like many of you, we […]
On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Arkansas ruled that the state can refuse to allow non-bio lesbian mothers to be listed on their children’s birth certificates. The case was brought to Arkansas’ Supreme Court by three lesbian couples and moms who argued that being denied the ability to list both parents on birth certificates violated […]
By Brandy Black The last month or so has been a whirlwind for my family. We moved houses, unpacked, had a huge Thanksgiving event, and just as things were starting to settle down — the winter holidays were upon us. In our newest video on YouTube, my family heads out to go Christmas tree shopping […]
A lesbian couple in Mexico have shared a sad story of discrimination with Mexican news outlets recently — their children were denied access to three different schools on account of the mothers’ same-sex marriage. Martha and her partner decided to keep their names confidential to protect their family’s and children’s identities. The mothers filed a […]
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 […]
By Brandy Black Last week was National Coming Out Day — a day in which the world celebrates all the brave LGBTQ individuals who have come out and are now living their truth. It’s not an easy task to come out. It’s a personal journey that many people in the LGBTQ community take. Though the journey […]
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 […]
