Tune in Tonight: “Protecting Our Families: LGBTQ+ Parents Town Hall”
If you’re an LGBTQ parent or prospective parent, you don’t want to miss tonight’s virtual town hall from five leading LGBTQ and policy organizations about protecting our families.
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Politics and Law
One Year Later: How LGBTQ Parents Can Protect Their Families After Dobbs
Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned abortion rights a year ago, I spoke with two leading LGBTQ family law experts about how LGBTQ families can protect themselves from the ruling’s impact. It’s still relevant, so I’m reposting it along with some new resources and information.
Rhode Island Enacts Law to Make It Easier for LGBTQ Families to Secure Parentage
Rhode Island has enacted a law to establish a streamlined confirmatory adoption process, making it easier for LGBTQ parents to create secure legal ties to their children born through assisted reproduction.
“LGBTQ Paths to Parentage Security”: New Guide from GLAD and Mombian Helps LGBTQ Parents Understand Options for Protecting Their Families
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and Mombian have partnered to create “LGBTQ Paths to Parentage Security,” a resource for LGBTQ parents and others that answers frequently asked questions about how LGBTQ+ parents can ensure their child-parent relationships will be secure and recognized in every state.
Rhode Island Senate Unanimously Passes Confirmatory Adoption Bill to Make Securing Parentage Easier for LGBTQ Families
The Rhode Island Senate voted unanimously yesterday to pass a bill that would streamline the process of confirmatory adoptions, ensuring that more LGBTQ families have access to this unfortunately necessary tool for securing our legal ties to our children.
Florida Expands “Don’t Say Gay/LGBTQ” to All Grades
The Florida Board of Education has agreed to expand the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay/LGBTQ” law to all K-12 grades.
In Memoriam: the Nashville Shooting Victims
Another school shooting. Children and adults dead. The epidemic of gun violence continues. Here again are some resources on talking with children about shootings, something no parent should need, but that too many of us sadly do.
Italian Government Tells Milan Not to Allow Birth Certificates with Same-Sex Parents
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government has told the city of Milan not to recognize or allow birth certificates showing two mothers or two fathers.
Rhode Island Bill Seeks to Simplify Confirmatory Adoptions
Rhode Island legislators yesterday heard testimony in support of a bill that would streamline the process of confirmatory adoptions, ensuring that more LGBTQ families have access to this unfortunately necessary tool for protecting our legal ties to our children.
Connecticut Bill Would Provide Equity in Fertility Care for LGBTQ People and Others
Connecticut lawmakers heard testimony this week on a bill that would require insurers to cover fertility care not only for people who are diagnosed as infertile, but also for LGBTQ couples and single people who need medical assistance to build their families.
