Holding the 14th amendment to its word.
Archived material about the 2008 California marriage equality fight and this site's treatment of it can be found at an LD No on 8 page. There you'll also find links to background info on the marriage equality issue & sources of info on current campaigns, like The Courage Campaign's Equality Hub. For ongoing news roundup on national marriage equality issues (updated daily), check out Stop8.org.
Lesbian Dad is written by a parent who answers to the name "Baba" and works toward a world in which amor does indeed vincit omnia. Still curious? You'll find a ton more on the About page. Or the Glossary. Or the Best of LD. The closest thing to an origin story can be found in this six-post series, excerpted from an essay of mine describing the dawn of my lesbian fatherhood.
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- tessappho commented on First day first grade saying Glad she had a good day. Congratulations on bein named one of the "Must Read" moms. I enjoy your blog.
- Lesbian Dad commented on First day first grade saying Thank you! So far so good!
And fortunately several classmates from last year are with her now. Plus, as we like to tell her, friends she hasn't met yet.
- Shereen commented on Much ado saying Here's where I guiltily admit my bourgeois love of others' before and after pictures. Having any sort of wherewithal to do it is a blessing and a luxury, but still. Human beings create homes, I am convinced, as part of a spiritual need. Don't be ashamed of adding a few feathers to the nest. And
- ms.z commented on First day first grade saying what a beautiful child. all the best for her school year, and all of the other years to come! did she already know any of her classmates?
- Lesbian Dad commented on Much ado saying The position of Chief Financial Officer is now filled. The rest of you: thank you for your applications; we'll keep your resumes on file should another similar position open up in the future. AnnZ, I hope you're okay with competitive compensation. Meaning, not a penny less than the Chief Cook & Bottle Washer gets. Meaning,
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My shortlist of books on LGBT family-making & parenting, via Powell's.
My shortlist of books on LGBT family-making & parenting, via Powell's.
The dress appears again… Was it one of yours when you were small? Story, please!
Yes well. Er. Yes, this is known as Baba’s Dress When She Was a Girl. That’s how the lil’ monkey refers to it. What I say is that “This was a dress that was put on me when I was a little girl.” You’ll note the use of the passive voice. I have vague memories of this thing and some black patent leather shoes on Sunday mornings when my parents were still contemplating giving my sister and me Proper Exposure to Church (they were half-hearted about both the formal dress-wearing and the church-going, both of which I ultimately appreciated).
It’s been hanging in her closet since forever, but up ’til recently she hadn’t noticed or cared. Then she clapped eyes on it, after she had begun to fancy twirling around in circles whilst dancing. One needs a good swirly material when one is twirling in circles.
Daily she asks to wear the dress, and after she does enough twirling (and staggering, and plopping), she more or less ignores it while she goes about her business in the sandbox. The other day she was experimenting what it was like when she squatted with it into a puddle. Took some of the lilt out of the swirl, but the wet hem made a nice spray.
Nothing’s quite as adorable as a pleasantly exhausted child!