http://lesbianfamily.org find blogs from all kinds of lesbian families Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:58:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's official: It costs more to be a gay or lesbian family than it costs to be a heterosexual family. For most of the LGBT community, this is not exactly a news flash. In fact, it comes close to the "studies say drunk driving causes motor vehicle accidents" or "studies say ... http://lesbianfamily.org/2009/10/05/the-high-cost-of-being-a-gay-family/ I've been thinking a lot about the language we use to describe our relationships. Back in 2003, before the Massachusetts Supreme Court declared that same-sex couples could marry, and before Mayor Newsom opened the San Francisco wedding floodgates, I always used the terms married and wife when I talked about Jill ... http://lesbianfamily.org/2009/09/24/married-partnered-girlfriended/ Dear LesbianFamily.org Reader, Would you mind telling us a little bit about yourself? Please take our Blog Reader Project survey. If you have thoughts, opinions, requests, comments, suggestions, etc that aren't covered in the survey -- and I bet you will! -- please feel free to leave them as comments ... http://lesbianfamily.org/2009/08/11/enough-about-us-what-about-you/ Pictured above: (L-R) Deb Rox, who blogs at Deb On The Rocks and pretty much obscured by L-Word creator Ilene Chaiken (foreground, in white jacket), LesbianFamily.org founder Liza Barry-Kessler, who blogs at Liza Was Here, Paula Gregorowicz,who blogs at The Paula G Company and at BlogHer as a Contributing Editor, and Zoe Gaymo,who blogs at gaymo ... http://lesbianfamily.org/2009/08/01/liza-to-ilene-chaiken-u-caption-it/ Hi Lesbian Families and Friends of the Family! What do you think of the idea of a monthly LesbianFamily.org email newsletter? We wouldn't want to spam you, but we're also looking at ways we might be able to generate more community within our community. A newsletter would give us another way to ... http://lesbianfamily.org/2009/07/31/re-energized-post-blogher/ I have been on a tidying binge around here, starting with the more time-sensitive TTC category.  Also deleted a bunch of blogs that for whatever reason, no longer existed, or hadn't been updated since 2007.  I hope wherever you are, my friends, it's a good place. Moving from TTC - Expecting: ...two ... http://lesbianfamily.org/2009/06/14/ch-ch-changes-through-the-beginning-of-m/ P'ito tells the New York State Senate what he thinks This was the first time I have been at Pride with my kid, and it was so different. Different from going as a non-parent, different from my expectations... When we were TTC and then waiting for P'ito to come home, I watched ... http://lesbianfamily.org/2009/06/14/pride/ Our gals from Hydrangeas Are Pretty, Shelli and Narda, got official in Connecticut, with mega-adorable Noah Matan getting a ringside seat. Malka is reclining on the step behind them. You know, with slight changes in the scenery, this is pretty much exactly like what unfolded for my beloved and me ... http://lesbianfamily.org/2009/06/08/i-now-pronounce-you-spouses-for-life-you-may-kiss/ Samantha O'Connell, Angie Matt, and their son Henry O'Connell, at the rally in San Francisco following the California Supreme Court's upholding of Prop 8.  Clearly, no one can vote or rule our love away.  State by state, coast to coast, that's what's going to keep us going. http://lesbianfamily.org/2009/05/28/family-love/ Lesbian mothers, lesbians with mothers, mothers with lesbians, family with lesbians or mothers in 'em, past, current, future, and hoped-for: love to you all. http://lesbianfamily.org/2009/05/10/happy-day-to-you/