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		<title>Children resist lesbian mothers&#8217; urge to merge.</title>
		<link>http://familieslikemine.com/2006/02/children-resist-mothers-urge-to-merge/</link>
		<comments>http://familieslikemine.com/2006/02/children-resist-mothers-urge-to-merge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail Garner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coupling / Blended Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesbian Mom/s]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers with LGBT parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q:
My partner and I have just purchased our first home together. We are extremely excited about this move since we have been living in separate apartments for over eight months.
The problem arises with the different levels of acceptance our children have about our decision to live together. They range in age from 21 to 13. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should a transsexual parent and her teen daughter relocate?</title>
		<link>http://familieslikemine.com/2005/08/transsexual-parent-teen-daughter-relocate/</link>
		<comments>http://familieslikemine.com/2005/08/transsexual-parent-teen-daughter-relocate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 18:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail Garner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bullying/Teasing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers with LGBT parents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q:
I am a male-to-female transsexual who underwent surgery last November. Since my transition, my 13-year-old daughter is having some issues with the kids at school. They have started asking her about me on a daily basis. She is very upset about it.
The school social worker says we should move to a new community where they [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Kids don&#8217;t want to meet Mom&#8217;s girlfriend.</title>
		<link>http://familieslikemine.com/2005/07/meeting-moms-girlfriend/</link>
		<comments>http://familieslikemine.com/2005/07/meeting-moms-girlfriend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 18:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail Garner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lesbian Mom/s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers with LGBT parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q:
My girlfriend of six months is mother to a son (13) and daughter (15). Until she met me, she had not been involved with anyone since her divorce 10 years ago.
Her children are very much against our relationship and are very adamant about not meeting me. My girlfriend is respecting their wishes, so I only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Kids at school are asking if my mom is a lesbian.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://familieslikemine.com/2004/07/kids-at-school-are-asking/</link>
		<comments>http://familieslikemine.com/2004/07/kids-at-school-are-asking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2004 17:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail Garner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bullying/Teasing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesbian Mom/s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reply Included]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers with LGBT parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q:
My mother just told me that she is a lesbian and that she has a girlfriend. It&#8217;s a lot of stress just finding out, but what&#8217;s more difficult is that everybody at school has always asked me if my mom is a lesbian. Whenever people asked, I would defend her and say she was not.
Now [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Teen discovers gay father&#8217;s infidelity.</title>
		<link>http://familieslikemine.com/2004/03/teen-discovers-gay-dads-infidelity/</link>
		<comments>http://familieslikemine.com/2004/03/teen-discovers-gay-dads-infidelity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2004 16:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail Garner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Dad/s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straight Wife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers with LGBT parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q:
 I am a gay father of a 16-year-old daughter who is very angry with me. It has taken me almost 18 years to come to terms with the fact that I am not going to be able to change my sexual orientation.
My 25-year marriage has been was wonderful. Not only are my children here [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mother to tell daughter: &#8220;I&#8217;m not gay but my girlfriend is.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://familieslikemine.com/2004/02/im-not-gay-but-my-girlfriend-is/</link>
		<comments>http://familieslikemine.com/2004/02/im-not-gay-but-my-girlfriend-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail Garner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bisexual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coupling / Blended Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesbian Mom/s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers with LGBT parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q:
 I am a 39 year old single &#8220;straight&#8221; mother with a 12-year-old daughter. I have always had a lot of boyfriends and am a typical attractive feminine professional woman. For the past year and a half I have been in a relationship with an &#8220;openly&#8221; gay woman who is very attractive, feminine, and professional.
I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Teen afraid to ask about biological father.</title>
		<link>http://familieslikemine.com/2004/01/teen-afraid-to-ask-about-bio-dad/</link>
		<comments>http://familieslikemine.com/2004/01/teen-afraid-to-ask-about-bio-dad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2004 16:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail Garner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lesbian Mom/s]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q:
I am a 17-year-old daughter of a lesbian couple. There is me, my biological mom, my other mom and her two kids from a previous marriage. My parents had been together about 8 years before I was born.
I don&#8217;t know my father, his name, heritage, or anything. I can only remember one time the topic [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Talking about (more than) &#8220;the birds and the bees&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://familieslikemine.com/2003/07/more-than-birds-and-bees/</link>
		<comments>http://familieslikemine.com/2003/07/more-than-birds-and-bees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2003 15:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail Garner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gay Dad/s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talking about Sexuality with Kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers with LGBT parents]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://familieslikemine.com/?p=32</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Q:
 I am a gay dad of two boys, ages 10 and 13. I came out to them a year ago when their mother and I separated. We are struggling to find the right way to discuss sexuality with our sons as they hit adolescence, given the fact that they have a gay dad.
Should we [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>How can I help my friend who isn&#8217;t out about having two mothers?</title>
		<link>http://familieslikemine.com/2003/01/how-can-i-help-my-friend/</link>
		<comments>http://familieslikemine.com/2003/01/how-can-i-help-my-friend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2003 14:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail Garner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lesbian Mom/s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers with LGBT parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: 
My best friend of 15 years who is the daughter of a lesbian couple. She is 20 years old and was born by artificial insemination. She lies to people and says that her father left her mother when she was young and that her mother&#8217;s &#8220;friend&#8221; moved in to help out with raising her.
Her [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Improving outreach to straight kids of LGBT parents.</title>
		<link>http://familieslikemine.com/2001/12/improve-outreach-to-straight-kids-of-lgbt-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://familieslikemine.com/2001/12/improve-outreach-to-straight-kids-of-lgbt-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2001 19:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abigail Garner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community/Connecting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenagers with LGBT parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q:
I am a straight mom with a grown lesbian daughter and co-chair of our local PFLAG chapter. We have many young people attend our meetings which has encouraged us to work with our school system.  The one area we are finding difficult is the (straight) kids with lgbt parents.  The ones we&#8217;ve met [...]]]></description>
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