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Monday, September 24th, 2007

Read to your kids in Spanish

There is a lot of chatter about inclusive stories for kids. While in school libraries in the US and Canada these books may be few and far between, they are much harder to track down in some other places (and in some other languages).
Gabi pointed out this amazing site where you can actually download stories […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Weekend Reading, Español by Clare

Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Anti-racist parenting

Growing up, my parents devoted quite a bit of time talking to my sister and I about white privilege and making sure that we understood how the world worked and what we wanted it to look like. From them, I learned that this idea of anti-racist, anti-homophobic, anti-ism parenting started in the home. Living […]

1 Comment » - Posted in The Political Is Personal by Clare

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

The “bloggeras”: Lesbian Family with a latin twist

(En español abajo)
So, I wanted to have some great post for my first post since joining the team (guest post aside). So I started thinking about what I could talk about—after all, I neither currently have children nor am I in the process of making them or planning them. What exactly do I have […]

No Comments » - Posted in Global Families, Español by Clare

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Familia Lesbiana– Blogs en Español

This is what I hope will be the start of a list of blogs in Spanish by and about lesbian families. If anyone knows anyone else, please send them this way. Without further ado, I give you:
Julieta and her less-than-legal wife who are still in the planning stages over at http://willowsbrain.blogspot.com/.
Magui, Gabi, a three year […]

2 Comments » - Posted in We're a Family! (Just the 2 of us), TTC, Babies, Big Kids, Non-Bio Mom, Adoption, News!!!, The Political Is Personal, Expecting, Global Families, Toddlers, Español by Clare

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Lesbian Families as Role Models (Guest Post)

Reader, thinker, and real life friend Clare sent me (Liza) this message below, and I thought it would be a fabulous guest post here. In the interests of full disclosure, I have been close friends with Clare’s (straight) older sister since I was about 18 and full of radical organizing and world-changing ideas and Clare […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Friends of the Family (Supportive Hetero), Extended Family, The Political Is Personal, Global Families by Clare