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Author, Claudia Eicker-Harris, on Cute Mice, Being a Mom and the LGBT Climate in South Africa

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We spend a lot time looking for great Gay Friendly Kids books to share with our readers. How excited are we to not just write about a sweet book, but its author as well! We Got personal with Claudia Eicker-Harris, Please enjoy our Interview with a proud Lesbian Mom,  Author and Pioneer! Author, Claudia Eicker-Harris DADsquared What is the current climate in South Africa for LGBT citizens? Claudia Eiker-Harris On one hand we are extremely lucky. We have one of the most liberal and accepting constitutions in the world. South Africa was the fifth country in the world to legalise same-sex marriages. We are the first (and only I believe, although I stand to be corrected) country in Africa to legalise same-sex marriages. We can walk hand-in-hand through shopping malls and down the street, in most areas. We can adopt children and have children by using donor sperm and surrogates. On the other hand there are still dreadful hate crimes being committed a

Gay Dads, The Final Frontier of Parenting?

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There is a war waging against Fathers raising children without Mothers. And the surprising enemy in this battle is none other than Mothers themselves.. Now at this point I will apologize to all you Moms out there that are truly supportive of our cause.. upon further reading you may actually come to realize, not necessarily admit, that you might actually be one of the Moms I am referring to... even if only on some small level. for the sake of this blog lets assume that two Dads  raising a child is  completely cool to everybody , I know thats a bit of a stretch but imagination is good right? So now that we know that two Dads  raising kids is cool we stumble upon the next question, how? not Why, remember its cool.. But how?... we obviously don't have the proper plumbing right? so how? First lets take a trip down memory lane.. July of 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the worlds first " Test Tube Baby " remember her? Do you remember thinking