LGBTQ Parenting Year in Review 2018
LGBTQ parents and our children faced significant challenges to equality and inclusion in 2018—but there was still some progress. Here are the highlights of the year, both good and bad.
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LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
Time for another roundup of what’s happening in LGBTQ parenting that I haven’t written about already! Have a read and catch up.
Watch: New Music Video by Two-Mom Couple on Adoption
Musicians, producers, spouses, and moms Danielle LoPresti and Alicia Champion have released a new beautiful video inspired by their personal journey to adoption.
Stories of Transgender Parents to Read and Hear
It’s Transgender Awareness Week, so here are a few recent stories about some of the many ways of being a transgender parent.
Kick Off National Adoption Month with These Stories
November is National Adoption Month, so let’s kick it off with a few stories of adoptive families to inform and inspire!
New Technique Allows Two Moms to Carry Same Baby
Two two-mom couples in Texas have had babies after using a new fertility technique that allows both members of the couple to carry the child for part of its development.
Your Help Needed to Increase Understanding of LGBTQ Families
Two new studies seek to increase people’s understanding of LGBTQ families—but they need your help!
Scientists Create Mice With Same-Sex Genetic Parents
A team of scientists in China has succeeded in creating healthy mouse pups from a pair of female parents. Does this mean human same-sex couples are closer to being able to create children with genetic material from each parent?
LGBTQ Advocates File Briefs in Key Adoption Discrimination Case
Numerous LGBTQ advocacy and youth organizations have just filed “friend of the court” briefs in the first appeals court case that will decide whether taxpayer-funded child service agencies may cite their religious beliefs to discriminate against prospective foster parents and youth in care.
A Short History of LGBTQ Parenting
It’s LGBTQ History Month, so here’s a revised and expanded version of a piece I wrote last year on the history of LGBTQ parenting in the U.S.