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. […]
Lest you think I’ve become entirely obsessed with the Olympics (almost, but not quite), here’s a roundup of what’s happening in LGBT parenting news: The California Supreme Court ruled today that a group of doctors cannot use their religion as a legal excuse for denying a lesbian patient infertility treatment. Lambda Legal reports, “In a
A few interesting features from round and about: From The Walrus magazine in Canada comes “Frontier Families: The Complexities of Queer Parenting,” by Matthew Hays, who wrote the article after two lesbian friends of his first considered and then rejected him as a sperm donor. He turns this rejection into a broad, balanced article about
A few items from recent news: Which state has the highest percentage of LGBT couples with children? Mississippi, according to the 2000 U.S. Census, and reported by The Daily Mississippian. (Thanks to the Family Equality Council for the link.) The state also has the highest percentage of African American same-sex couples. The Census data does
A few links of interest during this slow vacation season: Long Island lesbian moms Syndi Diaz and Sandy Colon shared the story of their domestic life and supportive local community with the New York Daily News. For the second time, a same-sex couple has sued online adoption service Adoption LLC and Adoption Media LLC, after
Writing about the right always makes me grumpy. To cheer up myself and maybe some of you, here’s a roundup of some happy articles about LGBT families: “Mother’s Day Special: A Tale of Two Moms” in the Windy City Times is the first of a two-part series about a couple of lesbian moms in Chicago.
A few stories from round and about: There have been lots of stories about yesterday’s California marriage hearing, but this one in the Pasadena Star-News quotes lesbian mom Erin Lindsay, who was also the first participant in my Family Voices series. (Stay tuned for more Family Voices coming soon.) The U.S. recently signed the Hague
A few parenting pieces from around the world: Teachers and school administrators in Britain now have new guidance on combating homophobia and reducing anti-gay bullying in schools. LGBT-rights group Stonewall produced the guidance for the government and released it last September, although the official launch was this week. It’s all sensible stuff, like explaining different
A bevy of parenting-related articles, collected for your reading pleasure: Miss Washington, Elyse Umemoto, one of the contenders for the Miss America title, stated on a pre-pageant reality show that she supports same-sex marriage because “she has both a mother and a stepfather . . . and a father and a stepfather,” as After Elton
