How Schools Stigmatize Adopted Children of Same- and Different-Sex Parents
A new study has shown that many adopted children, with both same- and different-sex parents, experience stigmatization in preschool.
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Finally Pregnant, but Still Worrying: One Woman’s Story
Thanks to Sarah Toce, founder and publisher of The Seattle Lesbian, for this guest post about becoming pregnant after fertility struggles and still feeling anxiety and guilt despite the good news.
Pro-Choice Means Having Choices
When Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, announced that she was pregnant, anti-choice activists reacted with surprise, as if being in favor of abortion rights meant being anti-pregnancy. RH Reality Check responded in turn with the Tumblr Pregnant, Parenting, and Pro-Choice, showing that the three can and do co-exist. Here’s my contribution—share yours.
LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
Here’s what’s been going on ’round and about in LGBTQ parenting lately, complete with supermodels.
Resources for LGBTQ Prospective Foster Parents
Thinking of becoming a foster parent? Here are some ideas for where to start, in celebration of National Foster Care Month.
Every Child Deserves a Family–Some States Make It Hard
Today sees the reintroduction of a federal bill to give more children homes by preventing discrimination against LGBTQ prospective parents in fostering or adoption.
Texas Adoption Discrimination Bill Likely to Get Vote Today
The Texas House could vote today on a bill that would allow child service providers using public funds to discriminate against LGBT prospective foster and adoptive parents.
ELLE Features Androgynous Maternity Clothing Line
ELLE, one of the leading fashion magazine in the world, has just revealed sketches of the new androgynous maternity (“alternity”) clothing line from Butchbaby & Co. and posted a fantastic interview with the founders. Gender-nonconforming fashion is fashion indeed. Catch a sneak peek after the jump here, too.
Most LGBTQ-Inclusive National Foster Care Month Proclamation Ever
For the first time, a president has been fully inclusive of LGBTQ parents in a proclamation for National Foster Care Month or its counterpart, National Adoption Month. We still have a long way to go before equality in foster care and adoption, however.
Updated Guide to LGBT Health Covers Parenting and Much More
Many of us LGBTQ people have had awkward, if not discriminatory, encounters with health care professionals. A newly revised guide aims to change that.