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Navigating LGBTQ Parenthood with Your Partner

June 14, 2023 by Tish Weikel Leave a Comment

The phrase “traditional family” no longer means one mom, one dad and two-point-five kids. Today’s families are diverse, with many lesbians and gay men forming a family unit through adoption, foster care, artificial insemination and other means. Research estimates that between six to 14 million children live with at least one gay parents in the United States […]

Filed Under: LGBTQ

How to Discuss Gender Identity With Your Child

June 9, 2023 by Tish Weikel Leave a Comment

There was a time parents wondered at what age they should have “the talk,” with their child. You know, the one about the birds and the bees. As society has changed and gender and sexual issues have become prominent topics, many parents now wonder how young is too young to talk about things like gender […]

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Dresses & Ties: How to Come to Terms with Crossdressing Desires

June 5, 2023 by Tish Weikel Leave a Comment

Societies like to make the complex simple. They insist on taking gray situations and ideas and making them black or white. In this way, people and situations can be more easily controlled and predicted, and the normal order can reign supreme. Except, that isn’t realistic. We all know that human beings are very complex creatures […]

Filed Under: General, LGBTQ

How to Talk to Your Young Child About the LGBTQIA+ Community

February 14, 2022 by Tish Weikel Leave a Comment

As a parent or caregiver, it can be difficult to know the right thing to say when kids question what we deem to be adult topics. Broaching topics of sexuality can be awkward for both parties, however, it is a necessary conversation to have. When it comes to talking about homosexuality and transgender individuals, children […]

Filed Under: Adolescents/Teens, Children, LGBTQ

How to Support LGBTQ Teens Coming Out

January 25, 2020 by Tish Weikel Leave a Comment

The LGBTQ movement has made some landmark strides in the past decade. The “Don’t Ask – Don’t Tell” policy was repealed, health insurance discrimination has been prevented, and same-sex marriage has been legalized nationwide. This, in combination with greater awareness and visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in society and the media, […]

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How to Come Out as an LGBTQA Adult

January 25, 2020 by Tish Weikel Leave a Comment

Most of us had a childhood filled with both subtle and overt lessons of how people and things “should” be. Our family, culture, and society expect us to fit into a certain mold and behave a certain way. Because of the type of upbringing that many people experience, it can be very difficult for people […]

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