LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
The parenting news keeps coming! Here are some stories I haven’t covered separately. This edition is full of international news (and a few U.S. items), so read on and catch up with what’s happening around the world.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Raises Bar for Granting Co-Parent Adoptions to Unmarried Couples
Marriage equality has helped LGBTQ parents and our children in many ways—but should we have to marry? A decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will now make it much more difficult for both same- and different-sex couples to obtain co-parent (sometimes called second-parent) adoptions unless they are married.
9/11: Of Remembrance and Hope
Only a chance change of job 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.
LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
Let’s round up some LGBTQ parenting stories I haven’t covered elsewhere—have a read and see what’s happening!
In Memoriam: Laura Ann Carleton, an Ally Killed for Flying Pride Flag
A California shop owner, community leader, and mother of nine children was killed Friday by a man who objected to her flying a Pride flag outside her clothing store and then shot her.
Protests in Over a Dozen European Cities Against Italy’s Attack on Two-Mom Families
Queer parents and allies in more than a dozen European cities are holding protests against the Italian government’s removal of nongestational mothers in two-mom families from their children’s birth certificates. Here’s what’s happening and how you can help.
Michigan Supreme Court Affirms Rights of Nongenetic LGBTQ Parents
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Monday that nongenetic LGBTQ parents who were unconstitutionally denied the right to marry may seek custody of children they were raising with former partners.
Italy Takes Legal Rights from Nongestational Mothers
The Italian government has begun removing nongestational mothers’ names from their children’s birth certificates, depriving the children of the protections and benefits of two legal parents.
“Dare to Question”: A Queer Suffragette’s Picture Book Biography
Carrie Chapman Catt led the women’s suffrage movement through passage of the 19th Amendment—aided by the woman a new picture book rightly calls her “partner for life.” Here’s my review, along with an exciting giveaway!
9 Out and Proud Kids’ Books About Megan Rapinoe
Team USA starts their Women’s World Cup quest today, so let’s celebrate with these kids’ books about Megan Rapinoe—picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade titles that not only highlight her path to soccer superstardom, but that also mention her lesbian identity and activism.
