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Quick Hit: The Rainbow Letters

Remember Zach Wahls? He’s the young man who, in 2011, stood up at an Iowa House of Representatives hearing to testify against amending the state constitution. The proposed amendment would have made same sex marriage, once again, illegal in the Hawkeye State.

Of course you remember him, because you probably remember tearing up while watching this video. You might also remember that some of us at Feministing felt the urge to immediately propose marriage to him.

Now, Wahls has teamed up with another young person raised by queer parents, Julia Winston, to compile The Rainbow Letters, a series of letters from people of all ages who were raised by queer parents.

By Courtney Baxter • 10 years ago

On tokenism, visibility, and those gay black dads who went viral

Over the weekend, Kordale and Kaleb’s morning routine with their family went viral. Their Instagram account was shared, and then shared again, and again (and again) and then all of the sudden BuzzFeed had an article up: “These Black Dads and Their Three Kids have the Cutest Instagram Ever…Much cuteness. Such adorable.”

Now, I happen to spend a lot of my time chasing down same-sex couples, asking to take their photos as part of a street-photography initiative, Queer in Public, which strives to make queerness visible — especially daily queerness. So there really shouldn’t be anyone more excited than me to see so many people loving Kordale and Kaleb’s family photos. They’re an adorable family that’s helping ...