Illinois’ current birth certificate system labels parents in ways that may not be accurate for some queer parents. The state is working to fix that, and one transgender couple is already benefiting.
I’ve already highlighted some of 2019’s key news events for LGBTQ parents, but here are a number of other stories from recent weeks to round out and round up the year. Pull up some hot cocoa (or break out the New Year’s bubbly early) and have a read!
This past year saw many challenges to LGBTQ equality—but there was still some progress. Let’s review the parenting-specific news of the year, both good and bad.
The Hallmark Channel has changed its mind and will allow an ad that shows a two-woman wedding, after pulling it under pressure from anti-LGBTQ group One Million Moms—and then realizing that the power of the LGBTQ community was even greater.
It’s not news that starting a family can be expensive for queer parents. Many of us have lived that. But a new report from Family Equality lays out the costs for different options; looks at how income variation among LGBTQ people impacts their choice of option; and offers suggestions for addressing the imbalances.
If, like me, you’re planning for a big family gathering this week, here are some stories for when you need a break from cooking or while you’re sprawled on your sofa after the meal—including a bunch of podcast episodes by and about LGBTQ parents (and not really about turkey basters, despite what some might think)!
At least three communities—in California, Virginia, and West Virginia—are facing recent attempts to ban LGBTQ-inclusive children’s books. Here’s what’s happening—and how you can fight censorship in your communities.
Kim Bergman wrote her new children’s picture book about assisted reproduction based on “what I’ve been telling parents for 30 years to tell their kids. It’s what I told my own kids.”
Today marks the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, a time to honor the lives of those killed because of anti-transgender violence. I wish all of my trans friends and readers love and support on this day of mourning.
Last week, I reported that author Robin Stevenson said school officials cancelled a talk she was scheduled to give at an elementary school in Illinois because her latest book profiled Harvey Milk, among other famous activists. It seems a parent did complain about Milk—but the school was also concerned about the inclusion of Janet Mock, who is transgender.
