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Adults conceived through donor insemination who have lesbian parents were generally satisfied with their knowledge of and contact level with their donor siblings, according to recent findings from the longest-running study of lesbian families.

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Today is the last BIG publication day of the year (although a few more titles will still trickle in through December)! Check out these great new picture, chapter, and middle-grade books full of family, adventure, community, and queerness! Click through for reviews--I have a lot to say about all of these books!

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How do donor-conceived adults with lesbian parents think about parenting their own kids? And what do the lesbian parents think about becoming grandparents? Recent results from the longest-running study of lesbian families shed light on these questions.

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Happy Transgender Parent Day! For today and any day, here are some great picture books (including a brand-new one!) and middle grade titles featuring trans parents and their kids. I wish all transgender parents a day full of love and happiness, and many more to come. Click through for reviews!

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New babies, moms making history, fresh insights on trans parents, advances in reproductive science, political progress, and more! Here's more LGBTQ parenting news that I haven't covered already.

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More and more LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books are not just “about” being LGBTQ, but instead show LGBTQ people in the fullness of our lives. The downside is that sometimes these books can be hard to find. Here are 10 picture books you may have missed because the queer inclusion isn’t evident from the cover or title and they haven’t (yet!) been on many lists of LGBTQ-inclusive books. These are all tales of daily life and gentle emotional lessons—but just happen to have queer protagonists or families!

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October is LGBTQ History Month and includes National Coming Out Day, Spirit Day, Ace Week, and Intersex Awareness Day. By Halloween, my head is abuzz with ways to support and sustain our multifaceted queer selves. Here's how the spookiest day of the year can bring it all together.

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As we close out LGBTQ History Month, I want to highlight some documentaries that look at the history of LGBTQ parents and our children and are available for streaming—several for free! Watch trailers (and in some cases, whole films), and find streaming info:

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Witches, ghosts, werewolves, vampires, and monsters abound in 2023’s LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books! These spooky stories show protagonists confronting their fears, both inner and outer, to save themselves and those around them. Read them for Halloween or any time! Click through for reviews.

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The #LGBTQ-inclusive picture books just keep on coming! Here are three new ones with gender creative protagonists that variously offer beauty, inspiration, and silliness. Click through for reviews!

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Things are always pretty purple at Mombian, but I’m feeling extra purple today for #SpiritDay, GLAAD’s annual event to show support for LGBTQ youth and speak out against bullying—which to my mind includes both personal bullying and the sweeping bullying of anti-LGBTQ laws and rhetoric.

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It's International Pronouns Day, so once again, I'm rounding up some great kids' books, music, and games all about pronouns, including several that are new this year--for you and her and him and them! Click through for reviews!

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The American Society for Reproductive Medicine has updated its definition of "infertility," to make it more inclusive of LGBTQ and single people who seek fertility healthcare. Two experts spoke with me about what this means.

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Even though I was out before becoming a parent, having a kid meant being out to people I would never have shared anything with, about my queerness or otherwise. One toddler call of “Mommy and Mama!” in the supermarket, however, and everyone could see our rainbow halo.

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Banned Books Week may be over, but the need for quality, inclusive books continues. That’s why I’m proud to announce that the Mombian Database of LGBTQ Family Books now has more than 1,400 items in it, with over 200 added this year! Search and filter for what you want, and read my in-depth reviews!

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For #InternationalLesbianDay and #LGBTQHistoryMonth, here are some fun moments of lesbian mom history to know and share!

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This week marks Banned Books Week, the American Library Association’s annual event celebrating “the freedom to read” and drawing attention to the “harms of censorship.” With record numbers of bans across the country, the need for such awareness is greater than ever. But I’m also here to remind us: It’s about more than just the books.