Dana Rudolph
At a Glance:
Dana Rudolph has been a Project Contributor since December 2008, has written 119 entries and currently lives in Boston, MA.
Bio
Dana is a freelance writer/marketer and founder of Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms, which offers a mix of parenting, politics, diversions, and resources for lesbian moms and other LGBT parents. Each year in June she hosts Blogging for LGBT Families Day, in which bloggers of all types are invited to post in support of LGBT families.
She writes regular columns on LGBT parenting for several LGBT newspapers, and also covers various LGBT news and events not necessarily related to parenting for Logo's 365gay.com news site and other channels. She and her partner Helen produce the weekly LGBT-parenting video blog "She Got Me Pregnant" in partnership with Logo site After Ellen.
Dana has over a decade of experience in the online industry, at both the startup and corporate levels. Most recently, she was vice president at Merrill Lynch, developing marketing and business strategies for several key online initiatives. She was also the first leader of the firm's global LGBT employee network.
Dana has a BA summa cum laude from Wellesley College in Astronomy and Medieval/Renaissance Studies, and an M.Phil from Oxford University in History.
Dana and Helen have been together more than fifteen years. Dana is currently staying at home with their five-year-old son, for whom she hopes to make the world a better place.
Dana Rudolph: Recently Filed
Will Gay Disney World Prez Help LGBT Inclusion in Disney Media?
Filed by Dana Rudolph | February 05, 2013 10:30 AM |I'm hard-pressed to think of a classic Disney film that doesn't have a main character who is an orphan, has only one parent, or has a step-parent, there's no reason they shouldn't add some additional "non-traditional" families to the mix. It's a small world, after all.Read More
Disney Channel Campaign Shows Boy with Two Moms
Filed by Dana Rudolph | December 30, 2012 12:30 PM |Let's whoop it up big time for this video. It may show only a brief glimpse of an LGBT family, but it could open the door to much more. Read More
Canadian Football Star Speaks About His Two Moms
Filed by Dana Rudolph | December 02, 2012 1:00 PM |Canadian football star Jon Cornish of the Calgary Stampeders won the Canadian Football League's "Most Outstanding Canadian" award November 22 - and came out about his two moms during his acceptance speech.Read More
Ketchup & Mustard Star in Film for Kids of LGBT Parents
Filed by Dana Rudolph | March 23, 2012 1:00 PM |If filmmaker Andrea James has her way, there will soon be a new film for young children with lesbian or gay parents.Read More
Does Mitt Romney Know He's Quoting a Lesbian?
Filed by Dana Rudolph | January 06, 2012 11:30 AM |Mitt Romney has been frequently quoting "America the Beautiful" in his speeches. What he may not know is that the song was written in 1893 by Katherine Lee Bates - who lived with and shared her life with another woman.Read More
