Monday June 2, 2008

Blogging for LGBT Families Day: Contributed Posts

Welcome to Blogging for LGBT Families Day! Below is the master list of contributed posts.

I’ll be updating this with latecomers on Tuesday (I’m all about inclusion here), so it’s not to late to participate! Just post on your own blog and send me the link or leave a comment here with the link.

Thanks to everyone who contributed already. A special thanks to the Family Equality Council for their sponsorship of the event. Thanks as well to The Bilerico Project, COLAGE, Freedom to Marry, PageOneQ, Pam’s House Blend, PFLAG, Queercents, and the many others who went the extra mile in encouraging participation.

I hope you take the time to read other people’s posts and enjoy the diversity of the LGBT community and our allies. Over the next few days, I’ll be reading through all the entries myself, and writing up some posts that pull together various related themes that emerge.

[UPDATED: June 4, 12:45am Eastern.] Posts are alphabetical by name of blog. Starred (*) posts are new since last update. Putting them after a jump since the list is getting long now.

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64 Responses to “Blogging for LGBT Families Day: Contributed Posts”

Debra
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 8:42 am:

I’ve updated the blog with a post for today.

Thanks,
Debra
Debra
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 9:08 am:

I’ve updated this blog as well although it seems to be down at the moment so I can’t add the banner.
Queercents » Blog Archive » Blogging for LGBT Families Day: We are Family!
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 9:47 am:

[...] is the third annual Blogging for LGBT Families Day, where the LGBT community and allies come together in support of our families. Queercents offers a [...]
A Place To Draw Blood Laughing › Blogging For LGBT Families Day
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 10:25 am:

[...] the first: June 2nd is Blogging for LGBT Families Day, and as I happen to think “family” is an idea we each define on an individual basis, [...]
marie
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 10:41 am:

Commenting to send you the link to my blog post for the day!

http://buzzgirl19.livejournal.com/90152.html

Thanks for organising this. :)
Fiona
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 10:53 am:

Hi,
I also have a post at my blog about our family at the following site. You are welcome to add it to your list if you would like and I thank you for having Blogging for Families Day on your site.

Rainbow Reflections
http://rainbowreflections1.blogspot.com/
Denise
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 11:12 am:

I’m on, on BlogHer.com this year.
Blogging for LGBT Families Day! « this terrestrial ball
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 11:29 am:

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Laurel
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 11:47 am:

here’s mine!
Whozat
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 12:42 pm:

I plan to post this evening.
masha
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 1:41 pm:

Hi
I just visited the blog “Together Is a Wonderful Place to Be”. I dearly wished to send them love and thanks for sharing their pictures of their beautiful rosebud of a babygirl. But I couldnt figure out how to leave a comment! I hope that someone will pass on this comment to them.
Amanda
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 1:51 pm:

GLAD has a post for LGBT Families today.

Thanks!
MaMaMia
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 2:11 pm:

I’ve just posted on this as well. . . .
DC
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 2:20 pm:

I made a diary at PBH for the occasion. Thanks for making a listing of posts so I can read what others have to say!
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5621
Rachel
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 2:28 pm:

Here is my site. I tried emailing, but it something didn’t work, so here it is. Thanks for your support of our community!

Rachel
http://mamasomindful.blogspot.com/
Alabama Blue Dot
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 2:34 pm:

I posted on my blog to support Blog for LGBT families.
inbedwithamosquito.net » Blog Archive » Are you trying to have a baby with no success?*
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 3:20 pm:

[...] post is serving as my contribution to the ever wonderful Blogging for LGBT Families Day. I’d meant to write more but have been so crazed and really – what is this post if not about [...]
Polly
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 4:06 pm:

Voilá, Child of the Week.

As my high school biology teacher always said: Better late than never (but better yet never late).
Up Popped A Fox » Fact and Fiction
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 4:25 pm:

[...] éLast year on Blogging for LGBT Families Day, I posted a video of my son singing a song that he wrote called, “Two Moms”. Two days ago, someone posted the following comment on You Tube: [...]
Lori
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 4:49 pm:

My link to my LGBT family post is here:

http://hahnathome.com/?p=893
N
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 4:57 pm:

My partner, J, wrote a post today at our blog (http://twohotmamas.blogspot.com). :D
Today: Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2008What makes a family? Read on! Submissions are also … : PinkNews.co.uk
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 5:17 pm:

[...] Read more…. [...]
m00se
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 6:05 pm:

one more
claire
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 6:19 pm:

[Apologies in advance for poor writing and cheesiness.]

One of my cousins is a lesbian and I’ve known her and her partner for as long as I can remember. (As my mom’s sister is eighteen years her senior, all my cousins are in their late forties, so they have been more like aunts than cousins to me.) Although they don’t have children, over the years they have been very much a part of my life and the lives of their nieces and nephews. They are marvelous, caring people — both middle school teachers — who have always been actively supportive of my life and dreams. During the difficult times in my life, they were always there for me. They were the ones I could talk to at family parties — unlike my aunt, who would either be completely ignoring or disturbingly doting on me, depending on my weight; my second cousins, who were much younger than me and spent the entire time with the toys and games they had brought with them; or my uncle, who would only seem to consent to talk to my dad and otherwise make random crass remarks. I owe a lot to them — especially the thought that extended family can really be a loving support network.

I believe that any couple, regardless of sexual orientation, who want to provide a loving and nurturing environment for children, their own or adopted, should be not only allowed but encouraged to do so. I feel that, should I come to a point in my life at which I decide that I’d like to raise children, I should be allowed to. Regardless of whether that will ever happen, it should not be barred from me because of my sexual orientation.
Coaching4Lesbians » Blog Archive » Give Your Family a Gift: Blogging for LGBT Families Day
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 6:40 pm:

[...] Check out all the Blogging for LGBT Families Day at Mombian. [...]
j.k-c.
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 6:41 pm:

Here’s my link:
http://theincredibletrueadventuresofmakingafamily.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/blogging-for-lgbt-families/
Lori R
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 7:15 pm:

I’ve sent an email with this link as well. Thought I’d add a comment too.
Las familias LGBT « Comisión Diversidad
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 7:27 pm:

[...] Las familias LGBT Junio 2, 2008, 8:27 pm Guardado en: 1 Hoy es el día de “bloguear por las familias LGBT” y, aunque acá no se conmemore, me parece que llega en un momento clave para nuestra [...]
P
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 7:28 pm:

Here’s mine in Spanish
Chicory
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 8:20 pm:

here’s mine http://anaccidentofhope.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/choosing-to-le…gbt-family-day/
thelesbianlifestyle.com » Blog Archive » Blogging for LGBT Families Day: My Family
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 8:33 pm:

[...] more LGBT family posts as Mombian Social [...]
Kelly
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 8:35 pm:

Here’s the link to my contribution.

The Lesbian Lifestyle:
http://thelesbianlifestyle.com/2008/06/02/blogging-for-lgbt-families-day-my-family/
Angelia Sparrow
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 8:41 pm:

But of course, they don’t call him THAT: Thoughts on the Gay Fairy and the Straight Fairy

Thoughts on a family when a child comes out, the effect on a bi mom and a fundamentalist dad.
party b
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 9:23 pm:

I did it.. not much, but I did it.
suzanne kopoulos
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 9:46 pm:

The Definition of a Family:

http//www.myspace.com/smartysuze
Kristin
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 9:48 pm:

We’re happy to participate! I’ve written about our ‘alternative lifestyle’, whatever that may be.

Thanks…this is just great!
fambly. take two. « we are fambly.
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 10:22 pm:

[...] last year, i wrote this in my first contribution to the blogging for lgbt families day: [...]
Dominick
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 10:34 pm:

I’ve included the link on Myspace, too!
Kate in Iowa
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 10:44 pm:

I was able to post today. Thanks for organizing this!
C
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 11:24 pm:

Homestudy finished last Friday.
We were matched with a birthmom this Friday. Baby born today.
We are amazed.
Anna
on Jun 2nd, 2008
@ 11:28 pm:

We’ve put a couple of posts and the banner in honor of the day. Come visit us!

http://www.oursimonfamily.blogspot.com
Maia
on Jun 3rd, 2008
@ 12:02 am:

Here’s my posting:
http://maia-familytimes.blogspot.com/2008/06/blogging-for-all-families-shea.html

Enjoy! And thanks for writing.
thinkradical > blogging for lgbt families… 2008
on Jun 3rd, 2008
@ 12:29 am:

[...] In all my post-WALL•E wrap party daze I managed to neglect “Blogging for LGBT Families Day.” [...]
Karrie
on Jun 3rd, 2008
@ 12:58 am:

Our post is up. Happy Blogging for LGBT Family Day everyone!
Ivy Stein
on Jun 3rd, 2008
@ 2:36 am:

Did it (again!) – and before midnite even!
Happy Blogging Day!
Mombian » Blog Archive » Blogging for LGBT Families Day: Still Accepting Posts
on Jun 3rd, 2008
@ 6:10 am:

[...] you wake up this morning and suddenly realize you had forgotten Blogging for LGBT Families Day yesterday? Was your child sick or did he or she require an emergency batch of cupcakes at school [...]
James F. Trumm
on Jun 3rd, 2008
@ 1:12 pm:

http://framed.typepad.com/framed/2008/06/blogging-for-lg.html
Blogging for LGBT Families Day: Year Two Without One « Reproducing Genius
on Jun 3rd, 2008
@ 2:01 pm:

[...] joining this a day late, but that’s me: always late to the [...]
Cheryl’s Mewsings » Blog Archive » LGBT Family Blogging Follow-Up
on Jun 3rd, 2008
@ 4:41 pm:

[...] back with Mombian today I discover that there are already 159 posts for LGBT Family Day. I’m not going to have time to read them all by any means, but do feel [...]
Cheryl
on Jun 3rd, 2008
@ 4:42 pm:

Here’s an accidental one from a very unexpected source:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2070830/Sex-change-author-Jan-Morris-remarries-wife-she-wed-as-a-man.html
Mombian » Blog Archive » Blogging for LGBT Families Day: Best Timing
on Jun 3rd, 2008
@ 6:10 pm:

[...] reading my way through the Blogging for LGBT Families posts, and am once again awed by the strength and diversity of our community. Many thanks to all of [...]
Shrike & Whozat
on Jun 3rd, 2008
@ 11:33 pm:

Better late than never, I suppose :-)
Mombian » Blog Archive » Words from Our Children: Blogging for LGBT Families Day
on Jun 4th, 2008
@ 4:40 pm:

[...] was pleased to see many grown children of LGBT parents participating in Blogging for LGBT Families Day. Here are some of their [...]
OVER 100 POSTS FOR BLOGGING FOR LGBT FAMILIES DAY : PinkNews.co.uk
on Jun 4th, 2008
@ 4:50 pm:

[...] Read more…. [...]
Good Karma: Blogging for LGBT Families Day « I Got Kinda Distracted
on Jun 5th, 2008
@ 10:31 pm:

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Damn Straight » Blog Archive » Not really an issue…until it is an issue.
on Jun 8th, 2008
@ 6:35 pm:

[...] blog post is written in honor of “Blogging for LGBT Families Day” as a reminder that being outspoken always carries a risk — even when you think you are [...]
momming it up « Mother Issues
on Jun 9th, 2008
@ 9:56 pm:

[...] « choosy mothers momming it up June 10, 2008 So I didn’t really blog for LGBT families because I didn’t know what to say that I haven’t already. We’re still in the prep [...]
Roxie
on Jun 17th, 2008
@ 2:02 pm:

very cool! Should be a quarterly celebration!
Child of the Week at Lesbian Dad
on Jul 21st, 2008
@ 11:52 pm:

[...] Happy Blogging for LGBT Families Day! [...]
Lisa Derrick
on Oct 29th, 2008
@ 1:28 pm:

http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/10/29/got-milk-sf-has-premiere-and-street-car-dedicated-to-slain-gay-rights-activist/

I do an average of 2 No on 8s a day.
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Off to Blogger Initiative in DC
on Dec 4th, 2008
@ 5:07 pm:

[...] me to attend. I’ll also be speaking on a panel about group and event blogging, having managed one or two blogging events in my [...]
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2009
on May 1st, 2009
@ 6:03 am:

[...] list of last year’s contributions is still online for your [...]
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Blogging for LGBT Families Day 2009: Win Registration to Family Week in P’town
on May 12th, 2009
@ 12:20 pm:

[...] list of last year’s contributions is still online for your [...]
Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » One Week to Go: Blogging for LGBT Families Day
on May 28th, 2009
@ 11:34 am:

[...] list of last year’s contributions is still online for your [...]