The Person Missing From Every Same-Sex Family Photo

How to respond when someone says, “But look how happy their family is”

You’re on your social media feed and you see a photo from your old college roommate or your cousin. He’s with his same-sex partner, and they have a new baby they just picked up from their surrogate at the hospital. She’s with her wife and just had a baby via sperm donor. Or it’s a few years down the road, and you see a photo of the family at Disneyland,…