It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years. Only a chance change of job that started the day before kept me from being at the World Trade Center site on September 11, 2001. Shortly afterward, my spouse and I began to talk seriously about having a child.
Building a family is not always easy, particularly for LGBTQ people, but finding inclusive, informed support can be a challenge in itself. Lauren Hart Clancy, executive director of AllPaths Family Building, spoke with me about how the non-profit is helping people of all identities start and grow their families.
Several recent attempts to shame and deny LGBTQ families and young people reveal a web of hypocrisy and long-standing lies. Where can we find hope?
Legends of women’s basketball were honored this past weekend in two separate events—and queer moms were among them. Here are some of the moving words they said about their families.
A federal bill that would ban books, activities, and programs that mention transgender people—and potentially all LGBTQ people—from K-12 public schools nationwide has moved ahead in the House and been introduced in the Senate, while two other school censorship bills have also advanced in the House in recent weeks.
Catch up on a variety of stories and news about LGBTQ parents that I haven’t covered separately, from family stories to politics, entertainment, sports, and more!
Delaware has become the latest state to show its commitment to protecting all children, no matter how their families formed. Its updated laws give children in all families, including those with LGBTQ parents and those born through assisted reproduction, clear paths to secure legal parentage.
The Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled that an unmarried woman who is not a biological parent can still be declared a legal parent to the child she “held out” as her own after starting a family with her former partner. This overturns a lower court ruling that had said only unmarried men could establish parentage that way.
I can think of no better way to mark July 4th than by watching a new film about the author of “America the Beautiful,” Katharine Lee Bates, an educator and social reformer who saw both our country’s beauty and its flaws—and whose loving partner of 25 years was another woman.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was kept from his children for a day last week by a false allegation of child abuse. The incident has outraged people of all identities—but for LGBTQ parents and parents with LGBTQ children, it may touch longstanding fears. Here’s some background and some hope.
