Every family has a rainbow sheep! These are some of their stories. The premiere publication in Qommunicate Media’s LGBTQ+ True Stories Anthology Series features stories and poems by children of gay dads and lesbian moms, transgender fathers and children, queer aunts and uncles, and others about life in their families — all ‘straight’ from the rainbow sheeps’ mouths.
Tabella dei contenuti
NUCLEAR FAMILY
Anattā (Haiku) – Gerard Sarnat 3
Spouses
Weathering Life – Eila Algood 7
Wake – Amy Lauren 12
There’s Someone I’d Like You to Meet
– Rayna Momen 14
Reciprocal, Shared. – Rachel Walwood 16
Parents
Being a Transgender Fost-Adopt Parent
– Chad Ratner 33
Bris for the Baby – Todd Allen Smith 47
The Salad Spinner Chronicles 53
– Gail Marlene Schwartz
The Verbs of Mathematics 61
– William Henderson
Family Dinner – Joseph A. Shapiro 75
What is it like to be in a gay family? 83
– Helena Lourdes Donato-Sapp
Children
To my Father – Zoe Smith 89
God Bless June Allyson – Andrew L. Huerta 92
EXTENDED FAMILY
Enough – Amy Lauren 107
Aunts & Uncles
“Uncle” – Sage Kalmus 111
Nieces & Nephews
What we imagine and what will follow 119
– Richard Ballon
Cousins
A Private Person – Michael Narkunski 127
CHOSEN FAMILY
Morgan – Amy Cook 137
Circa l’autore
Sage Kalmus is cofounder/co-CEO of Qommunity LLC. He teaches writing magical realism in Lesley University’s MFA Creative Writing program. He was an editorial intern for Dzanc Books for a year and a reader for Salamander Magazine’s summer fiction contest for three years. Sage’s fiction has appeared in Whisperings Magazine, Carnival Online Literary Journal, and Rose Red Review. His nonfiction has appeared in The Writer and The Hampshire Gazette. He wrote and directed three plays in San Francisco, including a one-man show in which he starred. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University and a BS in Broadcasting and Film from Boston University. He lives in western Massachusetts with his loving husband-fellow Qommunity cofounder/co-CEO & Hashtag Queer Associate Editor, Curry Kalmus-and their four-legged family.