Polly also comments about why I chose the date between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day as Blogging for LGBT Families Day–and it’s for exactly the reason you say: to have a date that honors both parents equally. Maybe it will evolve into a celebration for all, bloggers or not. Who knows?

In our family, I am the one who identifies as the mother, so we do a small little fete for me. On the anniversary of the day my partner completed the second-parent adoption, we’re celebrating her parenthood. That’s what works for us; since my partner does not entirely identify as a woman, the ‘mom’ moniker doesn’t feel right (nor does she want to be dad), so we’ve invented our own way of honoring us both, as equal parents. But I wish all this stuff weren’t so gendered…how about a parent’s day?