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The White House issued a statement in advance of Gay Pride Month, declaring LGBT rights to be human rights and recapping President Obama's efforts at advancing equality here and abroad. "The story of America's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community is the story of our fathers and sons, our mothers and daughters, and our friends and neighbors who continue the task of making our country a more perfect Union," reads the statement.

Family Equality Council hosts annual Families in the Desert for GLBT parents and kids. This weekend my partner and I are headed to Palm Springs to part-tay, with sippy cups in hand. Our three-year-old son will be along too as we join an estimated 60 LGBT families October 8-10 for some wild LGBT family fun, including rubber ducky races and a wildlife show, all part of Families in the Desert, sponsored by the Family Equality Council.

A lesbian couple in Tyler, Texas, claims that the local YMCA denied them and their son a family membership because they are not a "traditional family."

What's a lesbian mom with a family to do when she's laid off from her executive position in this tenuous economy? Fire the nanny and / or babysitter and hunker down for a life of domesticity while fighting the system to actually nab your domestic partership benefits. From Power Dyke to Laid-off Lesbian in a fell swoop.

For the last eight years, families -- all kind of families -- across the country have gathered together for food, fun, love and perhaps a little dysfunction on Thanksgiving. Political Editor Libby Post pauses to give thanks.

For Mother's Day, we asked gay, lesbian, bisexual, and queer moms to share their experiences with us. Get the tissues.