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11-Year-Old Grand Marshal’s Pride Speech
Yesterday, at age 11, C.J. officially became the youngest grand marshal in Pride Month’s 48-year history. As part of his duties as Orange County Pride’s 2018 Grand Marshal, he accepted a community award and gave a speech. He wrote the … Continue reading
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CJ (age 11) Accepts Award for LGBTQ Advocacy
At the LGBT Center Orange County’s 2018 Indigo Ball (the Center’s biggest event of the year!), our family was awarded the Torchbearer Award for shining a light for LGBTQ people, children and their families. It was a night we’ll never … Continue reading
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The Things My Son Is Thankful For
There’s no school this week for C.J. and Chase due to the Thanksgiving holiday. We haven’t seen Chase in two days because he’s now a high schooler who is too cool for us and has a very busy social life. … Continue reading
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My Son’s Children’s Book Features Pride, Unicorns and Mermaids
Meet Nate. He’s the protagonist in the children’s book that C.J. wrote. The book is in very limited release. There’s only one copy in print. And that copy is C.J.’s. I recently took C.J. to StoryMakery (in the Irvine Spectrum … Continue reading
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Our Month in Review: September 2017
Following are highlights from our month on Instagram. Click here for all of the months’ pictures, thoughts and happenings. If you’re on Instagram, follow me. If you already follow me, thanks! I love my brother and am so thankful for … Continue reading
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Our Month(s) in Review: June and July 2017
Following are highlights (lowlights not included!) from our months on Instagram. Click here for all of the months’ pictures, thoughts and happenings. If you’re on Instagram, follow me. If you already follow me, thanks! C.J. leaves this message wherever he … Continue reading
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My Gender Creative Son’s First Pride
“That was one of the best days of my life. Thank you so much for taking me,” C.J. said as Matt tucked him into bed for the night. Most kids say that to their parents after a day at an … Continue reading
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Straight People Can Come To My Hotel If….
For spring break my family went on vacation with our friends. We stayed at the Montage Palmetto Bluff. It was beyond spectacular! We were allowed to ride bikes on paths all over the resort. I rode my bike so much. … Continue reading
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Tagged Gay, Gay pride, Gender, gender creative, gender nonconforming, Hotel, LGBTQ, Montage, Palmetto Bluff, parenting, South Carolina, transgender
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Raising My Rainbow 