Lesbian couple answers the most common questions they get from strangers

March 15, 2024   |   Read Online

Lesbian couple answers the most common questions they get from strangers Yes, they are both the “real” mom. Despite society having made a lot of progress when it comes to same-sex relationships and alternative families, it’s not so commonplace that many queer parents are still presented with questions about their lifestyle from straight people. And while queer parents probably (rightfully) grow tired of answering certain questions day in and day out, having open conversation helps break through the lack of understanding which causes stigma and misconceptions in the first place. In a now-viralvideoshared to their Instagram, lesbian momsAllie and Sam Conwayanswer commonly asked questions they get as a queer married couple with twins. Read the story Olivia Munn’s aggressive breast cancer and double mastectomy is a wakeup call to all women She’d had a clean mammogram and tested negative for cancer genes just months before she was diagnosed. Actor Olivia Munn has announced that she’s been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer and has undergone a double mastectomy, and her story is one all women need to read. The 43-year-old, who has a 2-year-old son with comedian John Mulvaney, shared her experience with photos, video and a written statement shared on Instagram. “I was diagnosed with breast cancer,” she wrote in the post caption. “I hope by sharing this it will help others find comfort, inspiration and support on their own journey.” Read the story upworthy upworthy Add a comment… Woman shares a simple hack for deboning a rotisserie chicken Now you can get all of the meat. In a world where grocery prices are still sky-high, one deal that you can get at just about any grocery store is a pre-cooked rotisserie chicken. In some places, you can get one for as low as $4.99 and they have enough meat on ‘em to feed a small family (with some sides, of course). The trick to getting the most out of your reasonably priced chicken is ensuring no meat is left on the bone. That’s where a TikTokker named Katie R. comes in. She recently shared an easy technique that’ll help you remove all the meat from the bone, and the video was clearly a big help; it’s received over 6.8 million views. Read the story These fun facts about how 5 well-known things got their names are blowing people’s minds Did you know that the name “Idaho” was made up by a con artist who tried to pass it off as a Native American word? The “I was today years old when I learned” meme might be a bit overdone at this point, but thanks to the random factoids people share on the internet, it’s a near-daily reality. Rarely do we go an entire day without seeing some surprising, delightful or head-scratching piece of info cross our feeds. Let’s take the etymology of words, for example. Did you know that the word “jumbo” originated from an exceptionally large elephant named “Jumbo,” and not the other way around? Or that the word “muscle” comes from the Latin musculus, meaning “little mouse,” because the Romans thought that muscles moving looked like mice running under the skin? It’s fun to see where things come from, but sometimes we can be surprised by an origin that we thought for sure couldn’t be right, but actually is. Read the story

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