It’s been one of those weeks..

…where I feel like I am doing way too much.. I can’t believe I totally forgot about Blogging for LGBT Families Day when it had been the highlight of my foray into blogging. Although, I think that I can shift some of the blame onto my workplace. While eating my lunch, I used to make a daily stop by Mombian and catch up on a daily digest of news from the world of lesbo parenting, as well as a good round-up of GLBT news in general.. I’d also make a stop at Lesbiandad and partake in a great essay or a cute photo. This is in a workplace where surfing the net is de rigueur and there is no shortage of hits from my colleagues to random personal interest sites of all varieties. Suffice to say, after happily checking in to these sites, about a month ago, when I clicked on both sites, they came up with a huge red stop-sign screen, warning me of inappropriate content and blocking my access. I checked the workplace’s reasonable use of the internet policy, and confirmed that I was definitely not in breach of any of the guidelines. In fact, there was nothing in their content that could be classified as ‘unreasonable’. I’ll never be sure if the workplace has just upped the netnanny software, or, more likely, seen the word lesbian, and banned it. Because in a place that has equal provisions for same sex partners and a pretty progressive HR policy, the word lesbian is still so inappropriate. Even when the website is more about civil rights, parenting and children’s literature than it ever is about sex. Even when I had already mentally checked-off how defensible these sites were before clicking on them. Because I am in a position where I need to choose my battles, this one is going through to the keeper. And because this kind of stuff is so subtle that it does make you doubt yourself. That little voice that starts to wonder maybe there is something entirely inappropriate about a lesbian parenting site compared to a straight one? So, anyway, rather than being reminded by Mombian that Blogging for LGBT families day was coming up so I could go home and write a blog entry, it passed me right by…

Lo & I are off for the long weekend with a group tomorrow, and spent last weekend out of town. I have exams in a week or so, and no wonder I feel like I am not sure where I am going to find the time to study. While complaining how busy things are, while we were in Melbourne, Lo & I bought My Miserable Lonely Lesbian Pregnancy and I must admit I have been getting my lesbian parenting fix reading it. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I was worried that I’d find Askowitz neurotic and annoying, but I really loved it and thought that it was the most accurate portrayal of lesbian post-break-up dynamics and so honest, but warm and delightful, at the same time. Lo is in the bath right now reading her way to the end of it and I can’t wait to hear what she thinks. Then, it’s going straight into my book-sharing lesbian ttc circle.

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