Lindsay King-Miller

While it might seem frivolous to those who feel right at home in the titles "mom" or "dad," many queer parents agonize over what they want their children to call them.

For queer parents like me, meanwhile — although I know that my whiteness and my class affords me a degree of protection from scrutiny and interference — the threat of being deemed an illegitimate parent also serves to silence any discussion of mixed feelings.

The fact is that trans-exclusionary feminists and misogynists are, despite some trivial differences, basically on the same side.

I am a compulsive memorizer. I am terrified of making a mistake, ever. But I'm learning to let go of my perfectionism.

She will deal with the repercussions of other people’s dysfunctional relationship with guns, whether she chooses to or not.

Someone I have never met donated a large sum of money, for no other reason than they felt it was the right thing to do, to help my family feel safe.

I never want my child to doubt herself the way I do myself. I never want her to feel the anxieties that weigh me down, though I know she already senses it.

Brands getting in on the body love game might be a positive sign, but in and of itself it is not radical. We need to make body love radical again!

The decision to terminate a pregnancy is often informed by the needs of the children a pregnant person is already raising.

I just tell my daughter the truth about my period: I have PMS, my back is killing me, and we’re going to eat a lot of chocolate.