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LGBTQ+ Celebrities Making It Easier to Be Black, Out, and Proud

By D’Shonda Brown — 2021

These black women and gender-nonconforming individuals have created a space for other young girls and nonbinary persons to feel seen and heard.

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I was Married with 2 Kids When I Realized I’m Gay

By the time you reach your 30s, you think you know yourself—your likes, your dislikes, what inspires you, what makes you tick. But there I was, at 36 years old, realizing I didn't know myself at all.

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The Persistent Joy of Black Mothers

Characterized throughout American history as symbols of crisis, trauma, and grief, these women consistently reject those narratives through world-making of their own.

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How I’m Raising My Daughter to Be 100 Percent, Unapologetically Indigenous

I want my daughter to see that an Indigenous way of life isn’t an alternative lifestyle but a priority. It is essential, then, that I return to the parenting principles of my ancestors and consciously integrate Indigenous kinship practices into her childhood.

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We Need to Talk About Women Who Regret Motherhood

It's hard enough for women to talk about not wanting to become mothers at all, or to admit it isn't all its cracked up to be, but imagine the experience for women who straight-up discover it is not a good fit, a troubling experience, a series of disappointments, a bum deal? There is no good way to...

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Confession: I Regret Having Children

It was a slow realization, taking years to accept and even more time to consider. But I regret that I had children.

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An Age-by-Age Guide to Talking to Your Kids About Gender

No matter your kid's age, it's not too early (or late!) to talk to them about gender. Here's how to start the discussion, and keep it going as they grow.

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I'm a Teen Who Is Nonbinary: Here's What I Wish Parents Would Know About Gender

In this week's 'Teen Talk' column, a nonbinary teen shares what they want parents to understand about their experience with gender identity.

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On Trans Motherhood, and My Reality of Never Having Biological Children

“Maybe instead of biology, I should be cursing the culture that taught me I’m less of a woman because I can’t have children.”

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I'm Pregnant, But I'm Not a Woman

Identifying as pansexual, agender, nonbinary, and trans masculine was never complicated for Rory Mickelson, at least until they got pregnant.

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Trans Man Argues Against Being Called Child’s Mother at Appeal Court

Freddy McConnell’s lawyer says judge was wrong to say ‘mother’ was not a gendered term.

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