A couple of funny stories from Rosie O'Donnell

Last summer I went to see a concert tour called True Colours. It is a music tour created by Cyndi Lauper to beneit the Human Rights Campaign and other organizations that provide support to the LGBT community. The tour featured many musical and comedic acts including Rosie O'Donnell. She was one of the highlights for me as she shared many funny and honest stories about being a lesbian parent. I thought I would share a couple of her stories with you.

High Heals

Rosie was walking with her eldest daughter in the mall and the child turned to her and said "Why do I have two mommies and neither of them have high healed shoes?" Rosie response "I would think that quite often two mommies don't have many high healed shoes... But two daddies, well that might be different."

Trains

Rosie's youngest son was having a play date with a new friend from school. Her wife picked tham up from school and brought the two boys to the house. Later Rosie came home from work and walked by the room where the boys were playing with Thomas the Tank engine trains. Her son said "Hi mom." and Rosie said hello and introduced herself to the new friend. As she was walking away she heard the little boy ask " I thought the lady with the white hair was your mom?" Rosie hid outside the door listening. "Well she is too." They continued to play for a second and then the young boy stopped. "But that is impossible to have to moms." Her son replied "Gay, ever heard of it." The boy said "No" So then her son picked up two Thomas the tank engine trains and said "You see how these two trains won't stick together however you try, but if you find the right train in the pile (grabbed a train from the ground) they will fit together?" The young boy nodded. "Well those trains are gay. Undersand?" The young boy just said "cool!"

I decided to include those stories because it gives you a perspective of what a child LGBT parents might be thinking about, and also how they may be able to answer difficult questions better than adults can. Rosie's partner Kelly created a cruise ship company called R Family vacations. There is an excellent movie called All Aboard where young children talk about having LGBT parents. Check it out.