By Brandy Black Believe it or not last year was the first time that we really explained what gay and gay pride was to our 3 children. It wasn’t that we were waiting for any particular reason, the topic just never came up. Then one day our kids asked us “what does gay mean” and […]
By Brandy Black I remember a time when Pride month meant parties and drinking and meeting girls! Now we are considering taking our kids to the Gay Pride parade because it represents all of the people that fought the gay rights movement. Our kids don’t know this yet, they don’t know that police would raid […]
By Mikayla Denault Around May this year, my mom Meg, started scheming up a plan to surprise Missy, my other mom, with an anniversary party to celebrate their love and Pride month in June. Both of us decided we wanted to transform the backyard in a similar way to their wedding with a beautiful dance […]
With so few family-friendly TV shows committed to diversity, it was heartwarming to see Sesame Street support diverse families this Pride Month. On Friday, Sesame Street tweeted a Pride-inspired photo of a rainbow of Muppets and the message: “Sesame Street is proud to support families of all sizes, shapes, and colors.” Sesame Street has always […]
Monday was the anniversary of the Pulse Massacre. In a great show of unity, the city came together to remember the 49 who were lost. There was a ceremony on Monday morning in front of the Orange County Administration Center in downtown Orlando. The ceremony now marks the first day of Orlando United Day, a […]
Recently, we were out and about with our three kids and my wife and I were so excited to see that stores and brands were supporting Pride Month with posters and rainbow flags. We were explaining what Pride was and I must have said “Gay Pride,” because all of a sudden our son starting yelling out, […]
This week, we kick off Pride Month! We were too excited to see different brands and groups supporting Pride this year that we just had to share our favorites. Check them out below: 1. Target Target is back with their PRIDE line. If you haven’t heard, Target has been premiering this line for the last […]
My wife, Susan, and I have a plan to vlog on The Next Family Youtube channel for 30 days. We just hit 13 days, so we thought we’d switch things up and have a two-mom video where we talked about some current news and awesome viral videos. As you watch our video, you’ll see just […]
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 […]
Gay activist, David Brulnooge was so inspired by the Women’s March that he has announced plans for a mass LGBT protest on Washington D.C. — the National Pride March. Brulnooge created a Facebook page on January 21, and soon after an event page, which has already garnered 10,000 participants saying they will attend. The event […]
