It can be overwhelming to hear your child has a medical or behavioral diagnosis which puts them into a “special needs” category.  In amongst all those emotions and questions will be a concern about how to finance your child’s healthcare, therapies, or opportunities for integration with other children. In the USA, there are several programs which aim to assist families...

When I was packing to go home from the hospital with our beautiful new daughter in 2001, I was blissfully ignorant. I didn’t know her body held a secret that would change our lives. It was a matter of minutes between listening to my sister as she marveled at my new daughter’s eyelashes to the moment the doctor on the...

When I began my career in the “birth world,” I had the most wonderful opportunity to teach classes for lesbian mothers at Fenway Community Health Center in Boston, MA. While I’m a birth expert – and hey, babies come out one of two “exits” regardless of mom’s sexual orientation – I quickly realized there are many issues specific to lesbian...

No one wants to be a feminist anymore. Somewhere along the line it became uncool. Apparently, it’s far better to be ironic than to actually stand for something. And yet, all these people happily reap the hard-won benefits of feminists before them, while mocking their passion from a life they wouldn’t have had otherwise. It is perhaps the audaciousness of...

To me, one of the first steps toward a more equal society is raising boys and girls free from gender stereotypes.  Children should grow up believing their sex in no way limits, or even shapes, what they are capable of achieving.  However, it is simply not enough for girls to be told they can be whatever they want unless we...