In a big win for LGBTQ and single people looking to start or grow their families, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) has just signed a bipartisan bill expanding coverage of fertility health care to be more inclusive.
The U.S. House is set to vote today on a bill that would require schools to censor any mention of trans and nonbinary identities, and to out trans and nonbinary students to parents. And the FCC is considering warning labels for “transgender and gender non-binary programming” on TV. Take action now against these moves.
Florida’s attorney general has intervened in a surrogacy case where he likened contractual surrogacy to slavery—and proposed arguments that could end surrogacy, donor conception, and adoption in the state, while threatening the legal stability of existing families created through those methods.
LGBTQ families have long been the subject of policy debates—but the voices of youth and adults with LGBTQ parents have not always been heard. COLAGE, the national organization dedicated to uniting and supporting people with LGBTQ parents, is ramping up its efforts to change that.
The past few weeks have seen bad news—and one bit of good news—from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding LGBTQ youth and families. Let’s look at three cases, involving school discrimination and public funds, conversion therapy, and whether schools must tell parents the names and pronouns that their children use.
Two-thirds of children who have transgender parents and are old enough to understand current events have experienced increased fears and anxieties under the second Trump administration, per a new study, which also looks at the steps trans parents are taking to protect their children and families.
As a queer mom who started my family via assisted reproduction in a doctor’s office, I’m tired of my son being exposed at school to stories of heterosexual families, most of whom were created via sexual intercourse.
Juliet Howard and Norma Jennings were elected to New York state judgeships last November, becoming likely the first same-sex married couple in the state to simultaneously win judicial election. The women, who took office in recent weeks, have been together nearly 32 years and have two grown sons.
In 2011, a 19-year-old named Zach Wahls gave a speech to the Iowa legislature during the state’s marriage equality battles, describing his life with two moms. It went viral, catching national attention. Wahls, now a two-term Iowa state senator running for U.S. Senate, spoke with me for the speech’s 15th anniversary, looking at its impact and offering advice for parents and young people today.
House Republicans have introduced a bill that would ban books, activities, and programs that mention trans people—and potentially all LGBTQ people—from K-12 public schools nationwide.
