#birthing parent

I’m a he/they trans guy. And it reflects in how I see myself as a parent.

Most of the time, I am Momo. I am in that grey area of not mother or father, but some other, third thing.

And then I sit there with a mug of tea and my slippers and the cardigan my dad wore the day I was born and suddenly, I am Dad. It feels so right in little moments, just not permanently.

The Power of Words ‘Sticks and stones can break your bones but names can never hurt you’. We say this to our children knowing it to be totally untrue. Bruises quickly fade but the hurts of words can last a lifetime. Words are amongst the most potent tools there are: for building up and tearing down nothing quite equals the power of language. Words are vitally important to the Christian faith.…

The National Education Association (NEA) allegedly proposed voting on NBI 63 to change language in their contracts to reflect lgbtq inclusive language, so instead of using terms like “mother” and “father,” contracts would note “parent,” “birthing parent,” and “non-birthing parent.”

Is this proposal right? Let’s talk about it further at the link and read both sides