http://www.mombian.com/2006/11/01/insidious-lgbt-culture/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mombian.com/2006/11/01/insidious-lgbt-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-5611 D Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:22:49 +0000 http://mombian.com/2006/11/01/insidious-lgbt-culture/#comment-5611 I do swap gender in stories sometimes, when it makes sense to do so. (If one character has a mustache, I probably won't call him "Mama.") I also make some other changes on occasion: In Dr. Seuss' <i>One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish</i>, there's a line, "Don't ask me why, go ask your pop." I change it to "go ask Grandpop" to preserve the rhyme but make it relevant for my son. I do swap gender in stories sometimes, when it makes sense to do so. (If one character has a mustache, I probably won’t call him “Mama.”) I also make some other changes on occasion: In Dr. Seuss’ One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, there’s a line, “Don’t ask me why, go ask your pop.” I change it to “go ask Grandpop” to preserve the rhyme but make it relevant for my son.

]]> http://www.mombian.com/2006/11/01/insidious-lgbt-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-5588 Terrance Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:33:35 +0000 http://mombian.com/2006/11/01/insidious-lgbt-culture/#comment-5588 Interesting. ;-) Here's a question. When you're reading stories where families are involved, do you ever change the gender of one of the parents? Sometimes we substitute "Daddy and Papa" for "Mommy and Daddy." I guess it's because while there are more books for kids with LGBT parents than there used to me, there still aren't a lot... Interesting. ;-) Here’s a question. When you’re reading stories where families are involved, do you ever change the gender of one of the parents? Sometimes we substitute “Daddy and Papa” for “Mommy and Daddy.” I guess it’s because while there are more books for kids with LGBT parents than there used to me, there still aren’t a lot…

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