In the end, our decision was reached after an emotional conversation about whether one of us might ever have to visit the other in the hospital—we knew we would want the right to be there for each other. I wrote off marriage at the ripe old age of 13. Years later, I met someone, fell […]
Families are different and grow in lots of different ways. Children understand this intuitively. Highlights magazine had no idea the ire they would draw when they responded to a reader’s post on Facebook asking why their publications don’t depict any same-sex parents or visibly LGBTQ families. The magazine answered that although they value inclusivity, “the […]
You love each other. You move in together—which is a prelude to a wedding, right? This writer thought so, until the myth of holy matrimony was exploded by her grandparents’ relationship. When I was 8, my grandparents came home one evening after spending the entire day out—a rarity for them. I asked them what they […]
The people arguing that children deserve better than being raised by my partner and me are the same people arguing that families on welfare are lazy and selfish. It’s not about children deserving the best in life. It’s about children being a commodity of which people like us are unworthy. For months after my partner […]
