Yesterday, I ran the first part of an interview with Sherron Mills, founder and CEO of Pacific Reproductive Services. Here is Part II. I asked Mills what advice she would offer those considering parenthood. She first cautions, “There’s not enough knowledge out there in the general population about how soon fertility begins to decline in […]
Sherron Mills, founder and CEO of Pacific Reproductive Services (PRS) in California, is a trailblazer in helping lesbian couples and single mothers create their families. She’s been doing so for nearly a quarter century. Mills took a break from running PRS to speak with me about the past, present, and future of her work, and
Same-sex parenting stories abound this week. Here are some highlights: A married lesbian couple has filed a human rights complaint against the province of Nova Scotia, Canada because it does not recognize both of them as parents to their child (born after the wedding) unless the non-biological mother adopts her. The American Civil Liberties Union
A few items on LGBT families that didn’t make my Political Roundup yesterday: Australia’s The Age has a lengthy article on gay and lesbian parents and our families. Mostly familiar territory for those of us in the LGBT community, but interesting for those of us not in Australia. In that vein, I will repeat one
A few articles about lesbian moms came to my attention this week: Michael Gartner writes in USA Today: “My cute grandson is one of more than 1,400 children living in Iowa households headed by same-sex couples.” It’s a great piece by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, blending both personal anecdote and hard data to show that
Passing this announcement along by request—I have no affiliation or experience with the below group. (If you have similar announcements, please e-mail me directly as Cheryl did, rather than leave a comment on an unrelated post. If I get a lot of such requests, I may set up an online calendar.) Considering Parenthood? This may
A lesbian mom in Texas is in a custody battle with her ex-partner’s uncle, the former couple’s known sperm donor. Tamila Payne says she tried to accommodate the donor’s wishes and let her son spend every other week with him, but the boy’s growing reluctance made her stop. Now the donor is suing for custody
The last two episodes of Rick and Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World took televised same-sex parenting where it’s never been before. First, Dana and Kirsten and Rick and Steve go on an LGBT cruise for some pre-parental bonding. While on board, Dana and Kirsten go through “Mommy Boot Camp,” a Lamaze
Last week’s Happiest Gay Couple episode was mostly unmitigated silliness. Rick and Steve’s cat Pussy somehow decided the fetus growing inside Dana was really a mouse, and enlisted all the neighborhood cats to stalk her. It’s amusing for those of us who have ever puzzled the mysteries of feline behavior, but misses that “I’m laughing
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this afternoon that an Oklahoma law preventing same-sex couples from getting birth certificates for children adopted in other states is illegal under the “Full Faith and Credit Clause” of the U.S. Constitution. The Court thus upheld a previous U.S. District Court ruling that said a child born
