Blogging for LGBT Families 2010: My "Non-Traditional" Family
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Waymon Hudson
June 1, 2010 3:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/06/blogging_for_lgbt_families_2010_my_non-traditional.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/06/blogging_for_lgbt_families_2010_my_non-traditional.php)
Author's Note: Over the past five years, hundreds of bloggers from around the world have participated in "Blogging for LGBT Families" on June 1st, including lesbian moms, gay dads, bisexual parents, transgender parents, adult children of LGBT parents, LGBT individuals without children, and straight allies. Here's is the story of my family.
I often tire of the labels that those against LGBT people put on our families. They say they fight for "traditional marriage" and preserving "traditional families", as if there is such a thing. Their close-mindedness extends beyond just our community and hits any family that doesn't have some idyllic 1950's "Leave it to Beaver" scenario with mom, pop, kids, and a picket fence.