A bill was sent to the full Indiana Senate that would allow state-funded adoption agencies and businesses to discriminate, excludes protections for transgender people, and removes the ability of local municipalities to pass their own LGBT non-discrimination protections.
A Colorado same-sex couple, one of whom is transgender, is taking their housing discrimination case to federal court. The couple, along with their two young children, were denied a rental because the property owner worried their “uniqueness” would harm her standing in the community.
A federal judge Monday refused to throw out a lawsuit in which FedEx is denying a widow the survivor pension of her spouse, a longtime employee who died of cancer.
This week saw one prominent mayor and lesbian mom leave office while another one began her term.
What a year. It’s tempting, in a year-end wrap-up, to put a big bow on what we put a ring on and call it a day. While marriage brought us many advances, however, it also highlighted other issues that we still need to tackle in order to bring full equality and inclusion to LGBTQ parents and our children.
I had the pleasure of seeing an early screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens yesterday. Without spoilers, here are a few observations about the movie.
Two court cases show us why some same-sex parents are struggling for recognition both outside of and within the LGBTQ community.
‘Tis the season for birth certificate cases. A couple in Indiana has filed a lawsuit to put both moms on their child’s birth certificate. Like my now-spouse and I, one is the genetic mom and the other the gestational.
It’s been a bumpy week for same-sex parents in Arkansas trying to both get on their children’s birth certificates—but there’s an important lesson in the case for same-sex parents in all states.
Thanksgiving has gotten me thinking about what we as an LGBTQ community have to be thankful for lately. Recent news has been rather sobering.
