Millions of LGBTQ people across the U.S. could benefit from the settlement in a class action lawsuit against healthcare insurance giant Aetna, which had been improperly making LGBTQ policyholders pay more out of pocket than others for fertility services. It builds upon a previous settlement and offers nationwide enforcement.
As 2025 winds to a close, let’s look back at some of my favorite posts of the year—a year in which Mombian celebrated two decades of offering news, information, resources, and opinions for and about LGBTQ parents.
Hallmark Channel‘s new movie The Christmas Baby is the story of a two-woman couple whose lives are upended when a stranger leaves a baby at their doorstep. It’s a lighthearted tale about family and change—which just might be what we need right now.
The John Lewis Every Child Deserves a Family Act (ECDFA), a federal bill that would prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ prospective parents and LGBTQ youth in foster care and adoption, has just been introduced in Congress for the ninth time. Why is this bill still so important and what can you do to help?
Out just in time for Trans Awareness Week, but bound to be a long-treasured resource, is an insightful, powerful, and necessary anthology that brings together essays, interviews, and roundtable discussions by and with 18 trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive birthing people, who share their experiences with conception, pregnancy, fertility treatment, birth, loss, early parenthood, and more.
Want to learn more about queer family building options? About how to protect and nurture your queer family? Or how to support queer families as a health care or social work professional? Tune in tomorrow and Wednesday to Together, a virtual conference, to hear from experts, advocates, and care providers, all while building community and connections.
My spouse and I started our path to parenthood via reciprocal IVF (my egg, her womb) in 2002—so I was surprised to find numerous places online saying that RIVF was created in 2007 or even later. For LGBTQ History Month, I dug into RIVF’s real history, going back more than 30 years.
For LGBTQ History Month, I spoke with Margaret Mooney, editor of a new anthology of essays by lesbian mothers who raised children in the 1980s, 90s, and early 2000s. The book not only sheds light on the past, but also offers wisdom for today.
Starting a family is always a momentous decision. Doing so as an LGBTQ person often means additional complexities and considerations, especially at a time when our rights and identities are under attack. For those considering parenthood or newly decided on it, here are three things I would emphasize right now.
The Republican governor of Vermont, Phil Scott, signed a bill May 22 that will make it easier for nongestational LGBTQ parents to confirm their legal parentage via adoption, without burdensome and unnecessary requirements.
