Category Archives: LGBT Families

Hello! I am a mom to two wonderful boys, Jack and Ethan. Jack is 16 years old and Ethan is almost 13. I live with my partner, Sylvia.

balancing act My Kids Have 2 Moms Parenting in LGBT familiesParenting with my partner can be a real balancing act at times. I have learned to listen to her advice and she has learned that I might not always take it. Together we are 2 moms raising two boys!

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Hello! I am a mom to two wonderful boys, Jack and Ethan. Jack is 16 years old and Ethan is almost 13. I live with my partner, Sylvia.

parenting boys Co Parent in LGBT Families

Sylvia has been a positive influence in our family and I consider her a co-parent! The boys consider her their step-mother. Most days are good, but we do have days where things don’t always go as we want them to.

 

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Hello! I am a mom to two wonderful boys, Jack and Ethan. Jack is 16 years old and Ethan is almost 13. I live with my partner, Sylvia.

carnation 3 A special day: Mothers Day in an LGBT family I had one of the nicest Mother’s Day with my family. It was a very special day for me. My oldest son Jack surprised me and Sylvia with a very thoughtful present.

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Hello! I am a mom to two wonderful boys, Jack and Ethan. Jack is 16 years old and Ethan is almost 13. I live with my partner, Sylvia.

doorbell The Doorbell!

Sylvia has a habit of coming up with some different ideas, and I am never really sure how they will turn out. She ordered us a new doorbell receiver with three transmitters. Why did we need three transmitters?

 

 

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Hello! I am a mom to two wonderful boys, Jack and Ethan. Jack is 16 years old and Ethan is almost 13. I live with my partner, Sylvia.

green We Are a Green FamilyWe are a  family who is doing their best to recycle and conserve electricity. When my partner, Sylvia, moved in she slowly educated the boys and me on the importance of being green. We have learned a lot and are doing our best to be a Green Family.

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Hello! I am a mom to two wonderful boys, Jack and Ethan. Jack is 16 years old and Ethan is almost 13. I live with my partner, Sylvia.

discipline parenting Lesbian Families The Other MotherBeing a parent is not an easy job. I was a single mom and decided to date again. It was scary enough thinking about dating, then I decided to date a woman, and THEN add children to all of this. Could I find someone who would accept both me and my children?

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Hello! I am a mom to two wonderful boys, Jack and Ethan. Jack is 16 years old and Ethan is almost 13. I live with my partner, Sylvia.

divorce Lesbian Families What about the Dad?  I lost my family when my husband left us. I found someone and my family changed. What would the boys’ dad think of my new relationship? Would he accept the fact that his two boys were being raised by two women?

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Hello! I am a mom to two wonderful boys, Jack and Ethan. Jack is 16 years old and Ethan is almost 13. I live with my partner, Sylvia.

lesbian family Lesbian Families

Our family has two moms and two kids. I guess this makes us a Lesbian Family. I don’t think our family is that different from most!

I don’t think our family is much different from most families. I am raising two boys with my significant other, who just happens to be a woman!

 

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Hello! I am a mom to two wonderful boys, Jack and Ethan. Jack is 16 years old and Ethan is almost 13. I live with my partner, Sylvia.

gay marriage My Son Supports Gay MarriageMy son Jack has always been supportive of my relationship with my partner, Sylvia. I later learned he supported gay marriage and has no problem voicing his opinion when he hears someone speak against it.

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Hello! I am a mom to two wonderful boys, Jack and Ethan. Jack is 16 years old and Ethan is almost 13. I live with my partner, Sylvia.

lesbian parenting Parenting with my Partner Gay and Lesbian Parenting

Parenting is a hard job and step-parenting can be even harder. Issues with children can drive a wedge between any couple. Being a lesbian and bringing my girlfriend into our family made life even more interesting. Would my children accept a woman as my partner and as their step-parent?

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rsz flag Parenting a Gay Daughter.

My daughter is 17.  She’s smart, lovely and has a razor-sharp wit.  Her hair, currently cotton-candy pink, changes color at whim and she wears them all well.  She could work harder on her studies, doesn’t know what she wants to be when she grows up and covers any piece of paper left in her vicinity with drawings of anime characters – many her own. She plays a mean viola. She is also gay.

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Hello! I am a mom to two wonderful boys, Jack and Ethan. Jack is 16 years old and Ethan is almost 13. I live with my partner, Sylvia.

two moms LGBT Families Having Two Moms

I am raising my two boys with my partner, Sylvia. We have been together for two and half a years. Sylvia and I let the boys lead the way when it came to our family coming together.

My partner and I have been together for two and a half years.

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Hello! I am a mom to two wonderful boys, Jack and Ethan. Jack is 16 years old and Ethan is almost 13. I live with my partner, Sylvia.

being mom Being a Mom and a Lesbian

I’m a Mom and a Lesbian

One of the first things that happened when I came out to my family, was that everyone worried about my two boys. They were fourteen and eleven at a time. I had been married for 17 years, when my husband walked out on us.

We divorced within sixty days and I started my life as a single mom in 2009.

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I am a 20-something, almost 30-something American woman living in the middle of the Midwest. I am one part of a lesbian couple, the biological mother to our one year old daughter.

578022 10151808472719148 1875670918 n 150x150 Bonding With My Daughter As A Working MommyAfter 6 weeks of maternity leave, I said goodbye to my baby girl and went back to work. This was a pretty hard thing for me. I wasn’t going to be with her all day and I wasn’t going to see her little accomplishments. I was concerned that I would miss her first steps, that I would miss her first words.

Who knows ….

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I am a 20-something, almost 30-something American woman living in the middle of the Midwest. I am one part of a lesbian couple, the biological mother to our one year old daughter.

twinkies 150x150 Our Daughter Has a Donor, not a Daddy When my partner and I decided we wanted to have a child, we looked at frozen sperm donations in the beginning. We looked at the time and money it would take in order to have a child. When we looked at the donor catalogs, we both decided we wanted someone who would want to be known.

 

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