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Author Archives: raisingmyrainbow
C.J.’s Favorite Things: 3rd Grade Edition (GIVEAWAY!)
C.J. is officially a third grader. So far he does not like third grade as much as second grade because they don’t do as many crafts and when they do crafts “they are boring-er crafts.” He also misses his second … Continue reading
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Tagged Back to School, Dork Diaries, Fixer Upper, gender creative, gender nonconforming, Gender Stereotypes, Giveaway, HGTV, Juicy Couture, Kohl's, LGBTQ, Pink Truck Designs, Volcom
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Music Video Exclusive: Tom Goss’s Breath and Sound
I met award-winning musician Tom Goss when he asked our family to appear in the music video for his song “Illuminate The Dark” – a song about the devastating effects of negatively judging people based on looks and before knowing anything about them. My … Continue reading
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Tagged Breath & Sound, Huffington Post, HuffPost Gay Voices, Michael Serrato, Tom Goss
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Telling My Son His Skirts Were Too Short
A while back I recognized a major flaw in my parenting. In letting C.J explore gender, I forgot to set the same boundaries for my feminine son that I would have set for a female child — especially when it … Continue reading
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Tagged Gender, gender creative, gender nonconforming, Gender Stereotypes, LGBTQ, parenting, Yahoo!, Yahoo! Parenting
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Should I Let My Gender-Creative Son Have Co-Ed Sleepovers?
“Mom, how come I never get invited to sleepovers?” my first grader asked from the backseat as we drove home from school one day last year. “Hannah had one and then Emma had one and now Olivia is having one and … Continue reading
My Son’s Funeral Dress
When Nana Grab Bags died on Memorial Day, we immediately started planning her Celebration of Life, mostly because it felt better to be actively doing something as opposed to sitting immobilized unable to do anything. And those were our only … Continue reading
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Tagged Celebration of Life, Funeral, Gender, gender creative, gender nonconforming, Nana, Nana Grab Bags, parenting, Target
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Friday Fodder: Raising Rainbows Scholarship
During my travels around the nation speaking to different groups and organizations, I fell in love with a school in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The Center School is a progressive, independent day school that offers rigorous education for deep thinkers and creative … Continue reading
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Tagged John Oliver, MTV, Raising Rainbows Scholarship, The Center School, True Life
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Rest In The Most Fabulous Peace, Nana
Two weeks and one day ago, I talked to my mom (C.J.’s Nana Grab Bags) on the phone a little before dinnertime. I called her to announce that C.J. had finally lost the first of his top two front teeth. That … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Family, Gender, gender creative, gender nonconforming, Gender Stereotypes, Nana, Nana Grab Bags, RIP
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Amazing Resource for People Who Are Transgender or Gender Expansive and Their Loved Ones
I recently had the honor of working with PFLAG on their new publication titled Our Trans Loved Ones. It’s an amazing resource for parents, families and friends of people who are transgender and gender expansive. Our Trans Loved Ones is free … Continue reading
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Tagged Gender, gender creative, gender expansive, gender nonconforming, PFLAG, resources, trans, transgender
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How I Told My Son His Friends Are Transgender
I still remember the day when I sat in my 7-year-old son’s bedroom and told him that his 9-year-old friend Samuel was no longer a boy, but was now a girl named Sophia. My son, C.J., didn’t say much at … Continue reading
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Tagged Gender, gender creative, gender nonconforming, LGBTQ, transgender, Yahoo! Parenting
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Raising My Rainbow 