The Magazine for Youth with LGBT Parents

Laura Matanah

Interview with Lisa C. Moore of RedBone Press

by Laura Matanah

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RedBone Press has been in business for ten years and publishes work celebrating the cultures of black lesbians and gay men, and work that further promotes understanding between black gays and lesbians and the black mainstream. RedBone’s first book, does your mama know?

Publisher Letter: Happy Valentine's Day!

by Laura Matanah

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Happy Valentine’s Day! This issue is filled with love, both familial and romantic. Rene Ohana, the author of this month’s story, Grandpa Dragon, has also written a fascinating piece on same-sex marriages between women in China that is on our politics page. These marriages took place from the mid 1600s to the early 1900s.

Transforming Attitudes toward LGBT-Headed Families One Page at a Time

Rainbow Rumpus founder and publisher Laura Matanah talks with Timothy Rose and Flo Golod on TC(c)3 radio about how transforming attitudes toward LGBT-headed families and creating children's literature go hand in hand. Click on "Play Audio Here" to listen to the interview.

Publisher Letter: Rainbow Rumpus's Young Adult Facebook Group Launches

by Laura Matanah

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Rainbow Rumpus is proud to announce the beginning of a Facebook group for young adults who have one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender parents.

Publisher Letter: Finding Time to Count Our Blessings

by Laura Matanah

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Back in the warm months of 2008, Tajah, Da’Jon, and I made our annual trip to Northern Yearly Meeting, a Quaker gathering that takes place at the Lions’ camp in central Wisconsin. (Where was Sarah? At WisCon, the annual feminist science fiction and fantasy convention.) We met up with two of my nephews, whose mother brought them to join us.

Publisher Letter: Back to School - A Parent's Wish List

by Laura Matanah

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As my children enter fifth grade, I remember Tajah’s comment on her very first day of school: “Could we just wear the kindergarten clothes, Mom, but not go to kindergarten?” At this point I think we all feel excited about the clothes, and a bit jaded about the rest.

Publisher Letter: Screen Time and Family Time

by Laura Matanah

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I have a confession to make. We have barely allowed our children to touch the computer for the last five months.

Publisher Letter: Help Bring the Rumpus to a Pride Near You and Share Your Summer Memories with Us

by Laura Matanah

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What are your best summer memories? Do you have traditions, or is each summer a new adventure?

Publisher Letter: Coming Out with Children: Thoughts for Parents, Teachers, and Friends

by Laura Matanah

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“I didn’t know my parents were lesbians, and I was totally caught by surprise when I got to middle school and people teased me about it,” said one of the participants in a COLAGE panel at the Rainbow Families conference.

“Did you call them both mom?” asked an audience member, clearly confused as to how someone raised by two moms could be caught by surprise in this way.

Publisher's Letter: Building Cultural Capital

by Laura Matanah

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The other night Tajah and I went to hear the Carolina Chocolate Drops. The concert started at bedtime. I debated whether it was worth spending the money for a show that she’d have trouble staying awake for, especially one on a school night. But as she is the only African American fiddler she knows, it seemed worth it to get to hear an African American string band.