A Queer-Inclusive Children’s Book Inspiring Peaceful Protest for Change
Here’s a beautiful, new, queer-inclusive children’s book that encourages taking action to create positive social change.
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Hawaii Supreme Court Affirms Nonbiological Mother is a Parent
Could you use some good news today out of our courts? I sure could. The Supreme Court of Hawaii on Friday upheld a lower court ruling that said a nonbiological mother is a parent to the child she and her former spouse had through assisted reproduction.
LGBTQ Advocates File Briefs in Key Adoption Discrimination Case
Numerous LGBTQ advocacy and youth organizations have just filed “friend of the court” briefs in the first appeals court case that will decide whether taxpayer-funded child service agencies may cite their religious beliefs to discriminate against prospective foster parents and youth in care.
LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
Here’s what’s happening that I haven’t covered in depth elsewhere. Pull up a cup of coffee, tea, or other beverage and read on!
Queer-Inclusive Magazine for Girls Publishes “Action Issue”; Drops Price
Kazoo, the award-winning and queer-inclusive magazine for girls (and founded by a lesbian mom), has just dropped its subscription price and come out with its 10th issue, dedicated to action that changes the world!
California Enacts Law to Ensure Equal Rights for LGBTQ Parents and Their Children
California Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation Friday that updates state laws so they offer the same protections to all parents and their children, including same-sex and transgender parents. Read on for details—and importantly, what this means for second-parent adoptions.Â
Federal Adoption Discrimination Amendment Defeated!
LGBTQ advocates, child welfare organizations, and others have helped defeat an amendment to a federal bill that would have allowed widespread discrimination against LGBTQ parents, LGBTQ youth, and others by taxpayer-funded adoption and foster care agencies.
Lesbian Mom Sues Social Security Administration for Survivor’s Benefits
Helen Thornton is suing the Social Security Administration for the survivor’s benefits that she would be able to claim if her partner of 27 years had not died before same-sex couples in their home state of Washington could marry.
Ellen Gives $25K to Guidance Counselor and Mom Placed on Leave for Same-Sex Marriage
Ellen DeGeneres and her sponsor, Shutterfly, have given $25,000 to a fund set up by students at a Catholic school in support of their former guidance counselor, who was placed on leave from her job for being married to another woman.
Pastors Fail in Attempt to Remove LGBTQ Books from Banned Books Display
A group of pastors in Maine has failed in its efforts to remove books they feel “promote homosexuality” and are “risque and immodest” from a local library display set up for—wait for it—Banned Books Week, the annual event to draw attention to the harms of censorship and celebrate the freedom to read. And for some of the library’s staff and patrons, the issue was very personal.