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.
Hispanohablantes: ¿aquà por error? Tengo una página para usted.
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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.
Congratulations!
all day long and into the night and it is still around. this love. in the air and in the ground.
thank you thank you thank you
yea for you! congrats.
Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus amori!
Many thanks for the congratulations, all! It is nothing less than a trip, all of it. Awash with love and support.
And Studying Stones, thanks for the excuse for taking a side-trip to this discussion of the literary origins and accuracies of the phrase. You have the Virgil (its earliest appearance), and I, apparently, had the Caravaggio. Who knew. Certainly not me, who only has this and “E plurbus unum” to my name. Though I have been known to keep a copy of Latin for the Illiterati by my desk. More Omnia vincit Amor fun here.
Who knew, indeed! Thanks for the link, and for reminding me that I know too little Latin, especially considering my Roman Catholic upbringing.
Congratulations! (Only eleven years overdue.)