LGBTQ+

Childcare & Early Education Politics & Policy

June 16, 2015

I don't have to tell any parent that, once you have a child in your life, privacy goes out the window. From the minute baby can walk, nowhere is sacred. You can't pee, shower, or dress without at least the threat of imminent interruption. Life gets all the more interesting when the child learns to...

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Rev. Eliza Buchakjian-Tweedy

Food!

June 5, 2015

Here at MomsRising we are not just food justice advocates, we're also readers who follow a variety of food bloggers. This month we want to highlight some of our favorite LGBTQ Food Bloggers. They inspire us for a variety of reasons - their original recipes (and recreations of recipes!), photography...

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Migdalia Rivera

Politics & Policy

May 14, 2015

State legislators in Michigan have introduced a set of bills that put at risk some of the state’s most vulnerable residents: Michigan’s more than 3,300 youth living in care. These three bills, HB 4188, 4189, and 4190, are Indiana-style RFRAs, and would permit adoption and foster care service...

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Michael Porcello

Politics & Policy

April 23, 2015

I listened to my five year old try, very patiently and politely, to explain to this stranger that he was, in fact, in the right place. That he had every right in the world to go into the Men's room. That he just had to pee.

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Rev. Eliza Buchakjian-Tweedy

Food! Immigration

April 13, 2015

Era el día de San Valentín del 2001. Tenía ocho años de edad cuando mis padres y yo cruzamos la frontera de EE.UU. provenientes de Zacatecas, México en busca de las mejores oportunidades que podía ofrecer el llamado “Sueño Americano”. Durante varias generaciones, mi familia se ganó la vida a través...

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Isaias Vasquez

Food! Immigration

April 3, 2015

It was Valentine’s Day, 2001. I was eight years old when my parents and I crossed the U.S border from Zacatecas Mexico, in search of better opportunities that the so-called “American Dream” had to offer. Through several generations my family made a living from agriculture; we grew corn, the maiz...

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Isaias Vasquez

Health Care

March 30, 2015

Healthcare is an LGBT equality issue. It's not quite as sexy of an issue as marriage equality or nondiscrimination—although it does overlap—and it is just as important. People in our LGBT community are more likely to be uninsured and in 2013, 1 in 3 low- and middle-income LGBT people were uninsured...

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Felicia Burnett

Politics & Policy

February 13, 2015

I want my kids to grow up in a world that embraces all people. It sounds so simple, but, as events of the last few years have shown, making that a reality requires hard work, painful setbacks, and for each of us to step outside of our comfort zones and speak up for what is right. That’s what the...

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Julie King

Politics & Policy

January 26, 2015

True story: I once set up a coffee between two friends that testified against each other in the heated marriage equality debate in New Hampshire. Also true: while they ended up friends, initially, I encountered a barrier increasingly common in American politics. The public is so divided...

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Elisa Batista

Politics & Policy

November 24, 2014

I now understand the idea of parents being willing to do “anything” for their children. Sometimes you have to fight to protect your family--- at the voting booth, in a courtroom or even in your own community.

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