title: Confessions of the Other Mother: Non-Biological Lesbian Moms Tell All
author:  Harlyn Aizley 
description: More than 15 years into the lesbian baby boom, Aizley's collection of first-person accounts by nonbiological lesbian mothers is a long time coming. Nonlegalistic and (mostly) nonharrowing, these tales are only tangentially about powers of attorney, two-parent adoption, and custody battles, instead illumining what it is to be mom and not-mom at the same time. Some pieces explore the feelings of envy and loss of would-be but infertile mothers learning to accept their easily pregnant partners. Others examine the "lesbian daddy" role, as in Polly Pagenhart's exceptional "Confessions of a Lesbian Dad"; and the lesbian stepmom role, like CNN reporter Mary Cardaras's "Family of the Heart." The most moving essay, "And You Are?" by Hillary Goodridge, describes the peril of being the other mother who is a legal and familial cipher, unrecognizable as "real" family to either partner or child in the eyes of anyone but them. These essays explain what it is to be biologically estranged from your spouse and child(ren) and the daily struggle for approval and acceptance that these women face in society and sometimes even in their own homes and hearts. <i>(May)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  My Boyfriend’s Lesbian Mom
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Part 3: A Family Affair
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By Amanda Clover
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  @amandasmut
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  This book and all its contents are copyright 2018 by Amanda Clover. All rights
  are reserved and no portions may be reproduced unless for the use of brief
  quotations for review purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All characters appearing in this story are over the age of 18. This is a work
  of parody and any resemblance to real people or situations is coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  In Flagrante Delicto
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “So you two are a couple now? Does dad know? What did Luke say?” Olivia
  Temple, a few years my senior, asked the questions rapid fire as she came
  towards me. Though her angry blue eyes were staring at me, she was jabbing her
  finger at her mother. Olivia was supposed to be away at college, but had just
  caught me and her mother completely naked and having sex in the kitchen.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Calm down, Olivia,” warned Mrs. Temple, making no effort to cover her