The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) yesterday launched #Equality4Families, a campaign to raise awareness about the need to reform state laws so they fully protect LGBT parents’ rights to care for their children.
It seemed fitting that the day after marriage equality became law across the United States, my family and I went on vacation to Maine and Canada.
Today’s must-read article tries to answer the question, “What gay marriage means for the future of parenthood.”
A month ago, many people would have predicted that marriage equality was coming soon. Not nearly as many would have guessed the imminent arrival of protections from employment discrimination based on sexual orientation.
I’ve been married to my spouse for 22 years. Only nine of them have been as legal spouses, however, and until June 26, even that legality came with an asterisk: “Void where prohibited.”
All same-sex parents and prospective parents in the U.S. should drop everything to go read this vital information on protecting your parental rights even after you have marital rights. The two are still not one and the same.
We won! The U.S. Supreme Court has just ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex couples have the right to marry in all states.
There’s been a stunning transformation in arguments about marriage equality since the Prop 8 battle in 2008. The heart of the change? The role of children.
Go read these two great pieces by two adults raised by two moms: one is a transracial adoptee, who writes about the Charleston shooting, and the other is one of our community’s most persuasive voices, writing about marriage equality.
No matter how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on marriage equality in the next few weeks, same-sex parents should still do second-parent adoptions, some leading LGBTQ legal experts are saying.
