See also my LGBT Parenting Roundup for news specifically related to kids and parenting. Brian Bond, a political veteran who has headed the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund and held several positions at the Democratic National Committee, will be named by President-elect Barack Obama as deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison. President-elect Barack […]
Time for another collection of recent news about LGBT parents. First, though, make sure you’ve voted for Mombian as Best Large Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards. Even if you voted yesterday, please do so again. You can cast a vote once every 24 hours, and they all count. Many thanks! If you’re married, civil
I’m still in “light posting over the holidays” mode here, but for those of you still out there and reading, here’s a quick roundup of LGBT parenting news to hold you for a few days: President Bush—yes, that’s right—signed the Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 (WRERA), making it mandatory for businesses to
It’s time for another collection of news and fun stuff for LGBT parents: Put on your flak jackets. “It is same-sex parenting that is heating up as the next skirmish in the nation’s culture wars,” asserts the Chicago Tribune. Nancy Polikoff points out just how scary are the proposed Bush rules that would allow healthcare
Yesterday’s Boston Globe had a front-page article on children looking for their anonymous sperm donors. While not specific to lesbian families, there are obvious connections. The article notes that at the end of October, a woman in Canada filed that country’s first class-action lawsuit on behalf of donor-conceived offspring, asking “that all donor records be
[Our “She Got Me Pregnant” vlog will be posted tomorrow. Stay tuned. Back to Thursdays next week.] A few items of note from hither and yon: Thomas Beatie, the transgender man whose pregnancy made headlines, is expecting a second child, ABC News reveals. Beatie will be talking with Barbara Walters on 20/20 tomorrow night at
There’s more going on right now than just the presidential election and Halloween. Here are a few stories: First, score one for the penguins: Library trustees in Calvert County, Maryland, voted unanimously to keep And Tango Makes Three in the children’s section of county libraries, along with other picture books, despite an official complaint that
Because the financial bailout isn’t the only thing happening this week: Ten-year-old Kira Findling of Sebastopol, California, wrote “Please Let My Moms Be Married,” a moving plea to vote no on Prop. 8, for the Press Democrat newspaper. A new report by the nonpartisan Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute in New York concludes that gay
Another collection of stories from round and about: The Boston Globe this Sunday covered the disturbing story of separated gay dads, one of whom kidnapped their son and fled with him to Israel before being stopped by international authorities. The dads were one of the first same-sex couples to marry in Massachusetts, and were profiled
Some happenings in the world of LGBT parenting: A Swedish lesbian couple is seeking 50,000 kronor ($7,700) in compensation from the Västerbotten County Council. The ombudsman against discrimination due to sexual orientation (HomO), arguing for the couple, says that in order to receive county-financed assisted insemination, a couple must be diagnosed with a medical problem.
