As July rolls on, here are a few news items for and about LGBTQ parents that I haven’t yet posted about. Catch up on what’s happening!
Family Profiles
- Thomas Beatie, who made headlines in 2008 for being “the pregnant man” (even though he was not the first), spoke with Today about the notoriety he gained, changes in attitudes towards transgender people since that time, and his current personal life.
- Orlee G.S. Marini-Rapoport writes at the Harvard Crimson in answer to the question “What’s It Like To Have Two Moms?“
- Haaretz spoke with “5 Queer Israeli Households on the Future of Family.”
Politics and Law
- The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling in the case of Gavin Grimm, which said schools must allow students to use the bathroom that matches their gender identity.
- Hungary has passed a law banning anyone from sharing with minors any content portraying LGBTQ people. The county surrounding the capital of Budapest has also fined a book distributor for selling the children’s book What a Family, a combined Hungarian translation of U.S. author Lawrence Schimel’s books Early One Morning and Bedtime, Not Playtime!, about the daily life of a child with two moms and one with two dads. They didn’t use the new law, but rather one that bans unfair trade practices, claiming the distributor failed to indicate that the book contained “content which deviates from the norm.” (The books will be available in the U.S. this fall.)
Resources and Information
- As PBS News Hour reports, “For many pregnant trans people, competent medical care is hard to find”—and this includes fertility care. (Want some advice and inspiration? Check out Trystan Reese’s new book, How We Do Family.)
Entertainment and Sports
- Upon receiving the BET Lifetime Achievement Award, Queen Latifah sent love to her partner Eboni Nichols and their son, which seems to be the first time she has publicly acknowledged their family relationship.
- Hammer to Nail spoke with comedian Julia Scotti and director Susan Sandler about the documentary Julia Scotti: Funny that Way, which chronicles Scotti’s life as a comedian, transgender woman, and parent. (My post about the film here.)
- Jordan Windle, who qualified for the men’s platform diving event at the Tokyo Olympics, was adopted as an infant by a single gay man. Outsports shares his story.
- The Netflix show Master of None features a storyline this season about a single queer woman trying to get pregnant through IVF. The Washington Post takes a look.