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New Resource Named "Best Practices" on Suicide Prevention for LGBT Youth

5/16/12 6:15pm by drudolph
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I don't need to tell most readers that LGBT youth are at a higher risk than their non-LGBT peers for attempting suicide. Until today, however, no “Best Practices” have been identified or designated to help reduce vulnerability and risk among LGBT children, youth, or adults.That has now changed.  Read more >

Boy Scouts Expel Mom As Son's Den Leader -- Just Because She Is a Lesbian

4/19/12 6:18am by drudolph
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The Boy Scouts of America has recently told Jennifer Tyrrell, a lesbian mom in Ohio, that because of her sexual orientation, she can no longer serve as the den leader of her son's local Cub Scout chapter. Although the parents of other boys in the den supported her, the local Boy Scout council revoked her membership.  Read more >

Glee, Coming Out, and Family Acceptance

12/1/11 12:26pm by drudolph
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This week’s Glee episode had many problems. In particular, glee club member Finn (Cory Monteith) suffered no consequences for outing classmate Santana (Naya Rivera) as a lesbian last week, as Dorothy Snarker has pointed out. And using Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl”—a song about drunken antics, not about being a lesbian—as the theme for the episode could be seen as lending credence to the false “it’s a choice” theory of why people are gay.But the episode did one thing right: It showed that one of the key issues for young LGBT people is acceptance—not just by their friends, but by their families. Santana informed the glee club that her parents were accepting when she told them she was a lesbian—but a heart-wrenching scene later showed her grandmother telling her she is no longer her granddaughter.  Read more >

How Inequality Harms Children of LGBT Parents

10/31/11 7:28am by drudolph
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Children with LGBT parents face numerous legal and social inequalities, according to a major new report from several leading LGBT, children's welfare, and social service organizations. Even for those who support LGBT equality, the facts may surprise you.  Read more >

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Full Name
Dana Rudolph
Member Since
May 2006
About Me: 

I am the founder and publisher of Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms, which offers a mix of parenting, politics, diversions, and resources for lesbian moms and other LGBT parents.

I write a regular "Mombian" column for several LGBT newspapers across the country, and have spoken at various conferences and events about LGBT parenting. I've had pieces appear in the Huffington Post, Washington Post's "On Parenting" site, an independent supplement to USA Today produced by Mediaplanet, After Ellen, After Elton, and 365gay.com. I am a contributing writer for the Bilerico Project, an LGBT group blog.

I also cover LGBT political and legal news as a correspondent for Keen News Service, which provides stories to numerous LGBT news outlets across the country.

I have over a decade of experience in the online industry, at both the startup and corporate levels. In my non-freelance life, I am the online content manager for the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum at the Wellesley Centers for Women, a program of teacher-led faculty development seminars that help build diversity literacy and more equitable curricula. (On this blog, I speak solely for myself, not my employer.)

Before that, I was a vice president at Merrill Lynch, developing marketing and business strategies for several key online initiatives. I was also the first leader of the firm's global LGBT employee network.

I live with my spouse of 19 years and our eight-year-old son.

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Writer, editor, mother
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Boston, MA
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