Thursday June 1, 2006

Blogging for LGBT Families Day – Participating Blogs

It’s here! Today is Blogging for LGBT Families Day, a day to raise awareness about LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) families.

Why June 1st? This date falls exactly between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. As such, it honors mothers and fathers equally, but also conveys that not all families fit into the traditional structure of one mother and one father. June 1st is also the start of Gay Pride Month.

Thanks to all of you who are taking part. A special thanks to Jennifer Schumaker, who is nearing the end of a 500-mile walk to encourage dialogue among LGBT people and their families, friends and allies. She took time out of her tiring schedule to write a post for our event. Best of luck to Jennifer in the final two days of her journey.

The list is now so long I’m not putting it on the front page. Click to view all participants:

Listings are alphabetical by name of blog, not URL.

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43 Responses to “Blogging for LGBT Families Day – Participating Blogs”

Sarah and BB
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 4:37 am:

I blogged too!!
M. (An Elephant's Gestation)
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 8:47 am:

I’m joining you as well (just have to get it finished). A great idea!
Ben Brophy
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 9:51 am:

I wrote an entry on X-Men 3 from a queerspawn persperctive.
frog
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 10:09 am:

My post is up. Thanks for the inspiration!
Trista
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 11:33 am:

Mine is up.
BlondieKate
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 11:40 am:

I’m up. Thanks for doing this!
Andy
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 11:56 am:

Thank you for including me, and thanks for doing this!
SteveS
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 12:37 pm:

We’re here.
insaneanimals
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 2:31 pm:

I finally got my post published!
j
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 2:51 pm:

me too.
Kate
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 3:11 pm:

I blogged, too! Thanks to Jen and Cait at Addition Problems for pointing the way!
merrilee
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 3:52 pm:

I blogged on my site as well.
Sophia
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 3:52 pm:

I posted too! Thank you so much!!
Mere
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 4:54 pm:

Here’s my post Thanks for doing this. Glad I could be a part of it.
Lo
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 6:27 pm:

I blogged as well: The Family O
Ron Poole-Dayan
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 8:20 pm:

I as well – about how in Israel they changed Mothers Day to a more inclusive “Family Day”. Not sure we will live to see the day that this happens here. But thanks for your initiative!
BlondieKate
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 8:59 pm:

I’ve finished my post. This is great!
Kerry
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 10:15 pm:

I posted for today. We have 5 terrific kids
Jill
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 11:09 pm:

I wrote a blog entry yesterday about conversations with my daughter’s and gay cousin. Personally, we found it hilarious!

Great idea…. from Silicon Valley Moms Blog!
art-sweet
on Jun 1st, 2006
@ 11:38 pm:

Count me in!
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Blogging for LGBT Families Day - My Own Post
on Jun 2nd, 2006
@ 12:02 am:

[...] I thought the most appropriate post for me to write in honor of Blogging for LGBT Families Day would be about my reasons for organizing this event. In the event announcement, I said I wanted to raise awareness of LGBT families, to show how current prejudices and laws impact us, and to make people more comfortable interacting with and discussing LGBT families. [...]
Transcending Gender » June 1: Today was Blogging for LGBT Families Day
on Jun 2nd, 2006
@ 12:52 am:

[...] Mombian listed the participating blogs here. It’s a blessing of a list if you’re in the mood to catch up with some great reading. For those who might have missed the opportunity to blog on this topic, you still have a shot: Please keep your entries rolling in! If you want to know how to participate, you can find the details here. I will be updating this list through Friday, June 2, in deference to bloggers in other time zones and those who were unexpectedly busy Thursday. (It’s all about inclusion, right?) Don’t hesitate to send in your entry. [...]
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Snoring for LGBT Families
on Jun 2nd, 2006
@ 1:50 am:

[...] As of this writing, 113 blogs posted in support of Blogging for LGBT Families Day on June 1. I am honored that so many of you were willing to share your thoughts and stories for the event. [...]
tonya cinnamon
on Jun 2nd, 2006
@ 2:01 am:

giving a shout out!
i blogged :0)
Polly
on Jun 2nd, 2006
@ 4:27 am:

Count me in, too! Thank you very very much for this great idea, and whatever it spawns in the way of richer community and deeper understanding. And thank you for the June 2 amnesty for late-late night, west coast folks. I started to post before midnight but was delightfully sidetracked by grazing amongst the 113 (and counting) entries. (!)
Grace
on Jun 2nd, 2006
@ 9:14 am:

I’m not on your list, but I posted yesterday as well. :)
shelli
on Jun 2nd, 2006
@ 10:15 am:

count me in, too!
Jen (yup, another one)
on Jun 2nd, 2006
@ 10:38 am:

We finally updated our post after the baby went down for the night… squeaked in just before midnight our time!
Giddings
on Jun 2nd, 2006
@ 11:02 am:

I posted belatedly.
Samantha
on Jun 2nd, 2006
@ 12:58 pm:

I’m so glad I was able to be a part of this, WOW so many people participated, so happy to see the level of participation and I have enjoyed reading everyone’s posts.
MattHillNC.com | The Q-triad Blog » Blog Archive » LGBT Equality - Family Style
on Jun 2nd, 2006
@ 11:43 pm:

[...] Yesterday was the official “Blogging for LGBT Families Day.” I actually missed being able to participate in it on Thursday, so I’m offering this somewhat delayed post. For more info on what Blogging for LGBT Families Day is visit: http://mombian.com/2006/06/01/family-day-entries/. [...]
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Blogging for LGBT Families Day - Recap
on Jun 3rd, 2006
@ 2:15 am:

[...] Nearly 130 Blogs took part in Blogging for LGBT Families Day, sharing thoughts and experiences about what it means to be a family. [...]
Rainbow kids will save the day at LesbianDad
on Jun 3rd, 2006
@ 6:09 am:

[...] So the first, I’m sure henceforth annual, Blogging for LGBT Families Day seems to have been a rollicking success. As of Friday morning, June 2, 120 blogs sent a shout out about queer parenthood. Reading the entries (cataloged here by Dana Rudolph of Mombian, our she-ro hostess with the mostess) has been like—hmm—like sinking my chops into a juicy, foil-wrapped, plastic basket-bedded Mission District burrito after a long sojourn away from the California homeland. Would that be it? Or like dropping into a hot tub (or a Hot Tub; whichever) after a 12 hour-long moving day. Or like, well, like reading all about other queer parents’ experiences, here in the rosy dawn of my (de facto queer-o) parenthood, and at a moment of enormous national growing pains over the struggle for lgbt civil and human rights. [...]
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » New Drug Slows Breast Cancer
on Jun 3rd, 2006
@ 5:37 pm:

[...] (Back to our regularly scheduled program . . . though I will continue to post highlights from Blogging for LGBT Families Day for a while.) [...]
Susan
on Jun 3rd, 2006
@ 8:44 pm:

I’m late, but posting! See
Crunchy Granola
Liza
on Jun 5th, 2006
@ 3:07 pm:

I blogged too! http://lizawashere.typepad.com/liza_was_here/2006/05/our_home_study.html
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » The Activist Parent
on Jun 5th, 2006
@ 5:20 pm:

[...] For me, one of the great pleasures from Blogging for LGBT Families Day has been reading posts that make me think. Matt over at The Q-Triad Blog wrote something that seems particularly appropriate today, as all the major (and many minor) American LGBT Web sites are urging us to contact our senators and stop the Federal Marriage Amendment. [...]
Trey
on Jun 10th, 2006
@ 3:18 pm:

DANG..

I missed it :(.

I hadn’t heard about it, i need to get to reading my own bloglist more often… hmm, now that i have an rss reader (yeah, i know, way behind the times) it will make it easier.

I’m starting through the list…. wow, great posts.
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » LGBT Rights: The Religious Perspective
on Jun 12th, 2006
@ 11:33 am:

[...] One of the contributors to Blogging for LGBT Families Day just wrote a great article for the Syracuse Post-Standard, on finding God’s love and community as a lesbian family. [...]
Brian
on Jun 13th, 2006
@ 8:31 am:

Sorry I missed the blogday, my family is in the process of moving and things are a bit hectic.

Glad to see all the families participating.

Cheers, Brian
Eccezione
on Dec 30th, 2006
@ 2:46 pm:

Hi I am a lesbian blogger.
Your blog is very beautiful… regard from Italy… .
LD is one today at LesbianDad
on Mar 2nd, 2007
@ 8:53 pm:

[...] participating in Mombian’s Blogging for LGBT Families Day and learning how enlightening and enlivening it would be to jump into this ongoing national conversation with and about parenting and life, queer and otherwise; [...]
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Blogging for LGBT Families Day
on Apr 16th, 2007
@ 8:21 am:

[...] UPDATE, June 1, 2006: The list of participating blogs is here. [...]