Two pairs of bi-national same-sex parents are suing the U.S. State Department for refusing to recognize their valid marriages and denying their children their rightful citizenship at birth. See them tell their stories in two short videos.
A new office within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will allow health care workers to refuse to provide medical services or perform related duties if doing so violates their religious or moral beliefs. In other words, it will allow them to discriminate widely—and LGBTQ people and families are at risk.
It’s GLSEN’s annual No Name-Calling Week, a time to focus on ending name-calling and bullying in schools and promoting #KindnessInAction. Somehow, it seems more relevant than ever.
A New Zealand animal rescue organization is using male penguin pairs in an attempt to save the endangered yellow-eyed penguin.
Although the winter holidays are over, some of us may already be thinking ahead to travel plans for spring or summer. Here’s a resource for some important travel tips that LGBT parents should know.
Happy New Year to you and your families!
May 2018 bring peace, joy, happiness, equality, and justice.
Happy holidays and best wishes for the new year! Posting will be light on the blog for the next week or so while I make merry with my family (though there might be a post or two), but I’ll keep up the fun on Facebook and Twitter. Pleas
The day may be short, but it’s full of LGBTQ parenting news.
Pull up a cup of something warm and read on.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made headlines by marching in Pride parades—but here are two ways Canadian provinces are supporting queer families (among others) through actual policies: Ontario now recognizes up to four co-parents, and Quebec will introduce discussion of different family types, including same-sex couples, to its mandatory sex education curriculum.
(Originally published as my Mombian newspaper column.) It was holiday prep weekend here at my house, our annual festive mash-up of traditions.
