Lesbian Mothers

Motherhood: Ecstatic, Frenzied And Exhausted

Staceyann Chin | Posted 05.13.2012

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Staceyann Chin

Last year, on Mother's day, I found out I was pregnant. I can hardly believe it's been a year since that gleeful Mother's Day. Only a year later, and life is a completely different shade of tumbling. I have become the mother of a rather scrumptious little girl.

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A New Take on Mother's Day

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.12.2012

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Marcia G. Yerman

Whenever mothers allow themselves to be touched by the plight of other mothers' children, their perspective expands. From Liberia to Ireland to the Middle East, mothers have come together to bridge the chasm of differences.

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My Bi-Sexual Family, And The President

Corbyn Hightower | Posted 05.10.2012

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Corbyn Hightower

My oldest child is the product of a gay relationship. Yesterday, with one simple sentence, the President of the United States and the most influential leader in the world uttered the words that legitimized the family of my firstborn.

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A Giant Leap For Lesbians

Lori Sokol | Posted 05.01.2012

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Lori Sokol

Little did Queen Margaret of Scotland know in 1288, when she anointed every fourth year as a leap year to encourage women to be more assertive in the dating game, that 2012 would see gay women, more than any other group, successfully upturning long-held female traditions.

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Coming Out Pregnant!

Staceyann Chin | Posted 01.22.2012

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Staceyann Chin

I am on bed rest, and don't get out that often, so it's always a shock to me, to have folks respond so strongly to my pregnancy. Now that my belly is miles ahead of the rest of me everybody knows on sight about my condition, which means I have no control over people's reactions.

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Birth Certificate Case Involving Lesbian Moms Moves Forward

USA Today | Des Moines Register | Posted 01.08.2012

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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Melissa Gartner will have to wait a bit longer to find out if she'll be listed on the birth certificate of the child her wife bore...

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Baby, Love and Going Home

Staceyann Chin | Posted 12.03.2011

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Staceyann Chin

Regardless of how certain I feel most of the time, I can't escape these moments when I am overwhelmed by the many obstacles I continue to face as I press forward, pregnant and without a partner.

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A Single Lesbian's Quest for Motherhood

Staceyann Chin | Posted 10.11.2011

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Staceyann Chin

One day I looked up from the jaded wreckage of my umpteenth breakup and was deafened by the horror of my ticking biological clock. I was 35 and living a solitary life in a one-bedroom apartment in New York City.

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Gay Marriage, Gay Parents: What About the Children?

Elizabeth Abbott | Posted 09.13.2011

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Elizabeth Abbott

Legalizing gay marriage has opened the floodgates of impassioned debate about gay parenting. There's one thing it's difficult to dispute: the children of gay parents are not victims.

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Mom, the Holidays Are a Time to Chill

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Peggy Drexler

Children know family when they see it. The idea that "traditional" families are the only source of healthy children and a happy holiday and that Mom bears ultimate responsibility for both is as much a fantasy as Santa Claus.

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Why Is a Right-Wing Organization Representing Lesbian Mothers in Court?

Carlos A. Ball | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carlos A. Ball

They say that the enemies of your enemies are your friends, but in this case that aphorism is not true.

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