By Brandy Black If you’ve been following us on YouTube, then you might have heard our great news — we bought a house! And it’s everything that we ever imagined for our home. It’s beautiful, cozy, and homey and Susan and I are too excited to raise our children here. As a way to kick-off […]
By Mikayla Denault This past month has been filled with ups and downs, and it has come time for the holiday of thanks and celebration of loved ones around you. As Thanksgiving approaches, many of us have lost some of our hope as 2016 has swept us from our feet, but we still have to […]
By RoiAnn Phillips Thanksgiving is a holiday I often spend with friends – partly because for years, my family of origin was anything but the calm refuge I held in my mind’s eye, that beautiful family I wished for while staring out my bedroom window, complete with made-for-TV-movie music playing in the background – and […]
By: Amber Leventry I was talking to a new friend recently about Thanksgiving. We have friends in common, my neighbors actually, and this friend gushed over the massive Thanksgiving dinner event which takes place on the end of my street each year, at our mutual friend’s house. It’s the epitome of holiday tradition, and I […]
By Alex Temblador The holidays are upon us and with that brings family. For some, it’s a glorious time to rekindle relationships with family members you love whom you haven’t seen since last year. For others, there’s this feeling of dread deep in your gut. You’re going to have to see that racist/xenophobic/sexist/transphobic/homophobic aunt, or […]
By Alex Temblador In honor of Thanksgiving, here are some LGBT rights accomplishments that we are VERY thankful for. January 4, 2015 Austria allows same-sex couples to adopt. January 20, 2015 President Obama uses the word “transgender” in a State of the Union address, the first for any U.S. president. January 21, 2015 Israel now […]
By Alex Temblador Although we all love the idea of getting our family together for delicious food, the reality is that family gatherings, like Thanksgiving, aren’t always harmonious. Sometimes your racist aunt makes inappropriate remarks to your African American boyfriend about Black Lives Matter, or your uncle creates a slippery slope conversation about how “Syrian […]
By: Amber Leventry The Toys R Us catalog came in the mail last week. And as much as that Spanish IKEA commercial reminds us parents that kids want time, attention, and affection more than toys for Christmas, kids want the stuff too. My almost five year old daughter, Eva, wants this, that, this, and more […]
By Jillian Lauren Here’s a picture from the first year we brought T to Thanksgiving. Cute, right? I think we managed to stay for about 20 minutes. From the beginning, social situations have been scary and challenging for T. I still shudder when I recall my dear friend stooping to say hello, and T responding […]
I’m thankful for Alen, who over the last ten years has been referred to first as my boyfriend, then lover, partner, domestic partner, better half, and now, thanks to the judicial system, my spouse. Soul mate, man, mate, and partner-in-crime also come to mind, although we have never broken any laws together (well maybe if […]
