Dana Rudolph

Boston, MA

Dana is the founder of Mombian, a leading blog of news and information for lesbian moms and other LGBT parents. She writes a syndicated column on LGBT parenting and also covers various other subjects for LGBT newspapers across the country. Additionally, she develops Web sites, blogs, podcasts, and other online content.

Dana began her career in online business and marketing strategies during the first dotcom boom, and has worked at both the startup and corporate levels. Most recently, she was a vice president at Merrill Lynch, involved in the launch of 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 and an M.Phil from Oxford University.

http://www.mombian.com

Dana commented on the petition | about 1 month ago

Tell LEGO to stop selling out girls! #LiberateLEGO

As a mother and a long-time Lego user myself, who built my first Technic model over 25 years ago, I find the need for "Ladyfigs" ridiculous and offensive.
Dana signed the petition | about 1 month ago

Tell LEGO to stop selling out girls! #LiberateLEGO
Dana signed the petition | 5 months ago

Tell J.C. Penny to stop selling sexist t-shirts to girls!
Dana signed the petition | 12 months ago

Tell Rep. Forbes Not to Exclude Children with Same-Sex Parents
Dana started the petition | 12 months ago

Tell Rep. Forbes Not to Exclude Children with Same-Sex Parents
Dana signed the petition | about 1 year ago

Tell Champlin Park High School to Let Lesbian Couple Enter Procession Together
Dana started the petition | about 1 year ago

Tell Champlin Park High School to Let Lesbian Couple Enter Procession Together
Dana signed the petition | about 1 year ago

Keep Hateful Westboro Baptist Church Off the Air
Dana signed the petition | about 1 year ago

Demand Chick-fil-A Pull Sponsorship from Anti-Gay Event
Dana commented on the article | about 1 year ago

Why Does a Major Report on Homeless Youth Ignore LGBT Youth?

Dear Kevin:

Many thanks for your explanation. The underreporting you discuss makes sense. I would still have hoped that somewhere in your report, which claims to be "A National Picture of Youth Homelessness," you made mention of the fact that you do serve (among others) an LGBT population. I have to imagine that some youth openly identified as LGBT at intake. You could omit exact numbers if there are issues with the accuracy of the count -- but some acknowledgement in your "National Picture" (perhaps in the section titled "Limitations") that you know of and are working with this population would have been appreciated.

I am heartened to hear that you are looking to capture this information in a future study.

Unfortunately, I live several hours from the nearest Covenant House facility and am unable to volunteer in person--but I hope that some other readers of this post may do so.