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: ¿aquí 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.
Fun picture. Names such as Irigaray and Warhol come to mind. Of course, so does the phrase “Like Baba, like daughter.”
My daughter loves your daughter. Just sayin’.
It would appear that you found some internet access somehow. Does the beloved know?
Oh, Trooper36, you flattererer, you. Also words like simulacrumosity. I know, I know, not a word. Thank you.
Mr Lady, I know our daughters would get along famously, were there to be a girlie-to-girlie meet-up.
Vikki, alas, we had a fitful session once — that one time, allowing me to post this here image — which ended in calamity when we discovered that parents huddled over a laptop trading care of kids in a café is not such a viable thing. That is, when parent #2’s internet time came after a lengthy grocery shop. Sadly, not only did the beloved know, so did everyone else in the café. Just as well; kept us up in the woods, where we belonged.