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Zach Wahls
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Zach Wahls is the author of the forthcoming book My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family, as well as a speaker, civil rights advocate, entrepreneur, Green Bay Packers fan, and sixth-generation Iowan. The video of his testimony before the Iowa House of Representatives about his life growing up with two moms was YouTube's most-watched political video of 2011. He lives in Iowa City. Visit him at www.zachwahls.com.

Blog Entries by Zach Wahls

Why I'm Going Purple This Spirit Day

(26) Comments | Posted October 18, 2012 | 1:06 PM

We non-queer children of same-sex couples have an interesting place in the LGBTQ community. On the one hand, like me, most of us are not queer-identified. On the other hand, there should be no doubt that a part of the "straight identity" is having straight parents. Yes, the vast majority...

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A Mothers' Day Gift

(10) Comments | Posted May 13, 2012 | 12:25 AM

In a state of shared disbelief, this nation learned that the leader of the free world had publicly announced his full support for the signature civil rights issue of our time: full recognition of the freedom to marry for all Americans, gay and straight alike. As the son of a...

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Why the Boy Scouts' Expulsion of Jennifer Tyrrell, a Lesbian Den Mother, Hits Close to Home for Me

(201) Comments | Posted April 19, 2012 | 5:08 PM

Earlier this week, a story emerged out of Ohio that a Den Mother (a parent leader of Cub Scouts, the Boy Scouts of America's program for younger boys) was forced to resign from her position explicitly because she is a lesbian woman. This is merely the latest reminder...

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