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What I Know About Motherhood Now That I'm An Unconventional Parent

Polly Pagenhart | Posted 05.10.2013 | Parents
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Polly Pagenhart

My children have felt not just tolerance, or comfort, but pride in our family -- not in spite of its difference, but because of it.

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Book Featuring Lesbian Couple Back On Utah School District's Shelves

AP | Posted 01.15.2013 | Home
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SALT LAKE CITY -- A book about a lesbian couple raising children has returned to a Utah school district's library shelves, amid a lawsuit from the Ame...

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Utah School District Sued For Restricting Access To Book About Lesbian Family

Posted 11.13.2012 | Home
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The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Utah filed a lawsuit Tuessday against the Davis School District after officials told elementary sch...

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Family Fridays Spotlight: Meet Ellyn And Lorraine's Family

The Huffington Post | Lucette Jefferson | Posted 11.09.2012 | Gay Voices
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As part of our Family Friday series, every week we spotlight one family, share the story of their love and send lots of love and support to them from ...

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Get Up, Stand Up: Overcoming Election-Induced 'PTSD'

Cheryl Dumesnil | Posted 12.15.2012 | Gay Voices
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Cheryl Dumesnil

In the four years since Prop 8, I have shown all the signs of a sort of election-induced "PTSD." I don't want to hear the rhetoric. I don't want to see the debates. I don't want to follow the polls. I don't even want to watch The Daily Show. It's that bad.

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ACLU Takes Utah School District To Task For Restricting Book About Lesbian Family

Posted 06.28.2012 | Home
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The American Civil Liberties Union has taken issue with Davis School District for requiring parental permission for children to check out a homosexual...

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Utah School District Restricts Access To Book About Lesbian Family

Reuters | Posted 08.01.2012 | Home
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By Jennifer Dobner SALT LAKE CITY, June 1 (Reuters) - Students in a Utah school district will need permission from their parents to re...

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'Lesbian Families In The Deep South'

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 03.29.2012 | Home
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Founded to teach about human rights and the fight for equality during the days of racial segregation, the Birmingham Civil Rights ...

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Women's Art of Renewal: Carrie Mae Weems, Vanessa Beecroft, Sharon Lockhart, Catherine Opie and Lisa Yuskavage

G. Roger Denson | Posted 03.08.2013 | Arts
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G. Roger Denson

2011-08-23-Screenshot20110823at7.07.12PM.jpg Art long outlives the institutions and ideologies it is made to service.

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I Never Saw Myself In A Wedding Dress. Then New York State Did Something Miraculous.

Kristen Ellis-Henderson | Posted 08.28.2011 | Women
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Kristen Ellis-Henderson

What Governor Cuomo and those 33 Senators did on Friday night was miraculous: Their votes declared that my family is no longer less than your family. And it enabled me to wake up on Saturday morning with a crystal-clear vision of what my future can look like.

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The Kids Are Alright, but Is the Rest of America?

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Erica Abeel

The Kids Are All Right by Lisa Cholodenko, a film ballyhoo'ed from the Sundance fest to Berlin, yields the unmistakable taste of packaged food that's barely identifiable through the preservatives.

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Marriage Equality: The 'Tri' In Our Kids' Trifecta

Cheryl Dumesnil | Posted 04.02.2013 | Gay Voices
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Cheryl Dumesnil

Our children know that for a few months in 2008, the law said "yes" to their family. Their moms are legally married (in California, at least). This legal recognition echoes and enforces what their moms and their community keep telling them: that we should be treated equally.

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