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Infertility

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While online dating after my marriage ended, I immediately found myself in salty exchanges. Figuring out how I wanted to respond took much, much longer.

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If a stranger has ever approached you to let you know how kind or polite your kid was that day, you know how good it feels. So pass it along!

If you see a kid do something nice, tell their parent

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When our five-year-old kept asking about his dad, we knew we had to go big, so we set out to instil some gay pride—and also found a few father figures.

My kid thought two moms weren't enough so we created "project queer"

When our five-year-old kept asking about his dad, we knew we had to go big, so we found a way to instil some gay pride while fulfilling his need for a father figure.

My kid didn't feel like two moms were enough—so we created "project queer"

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