Hospital Denies Rights to Lesbian Couple with Pregnancy Complications

Spring Valley Hospital in Clark County, Nevada, has denied a lesbian the right to make medical decisions for her pregnant domestic partner. When Brittney Leon and Terri-Ann Simonelli went to the hospital in July after Leon began experiencing complications with her pregnancy, an admissions officer told them that Simonelli could not make medical decisions for Leon without a power of attorney—despite the fact that they are legal domestic partners in the state, which should give them the same rights as married couples to make medical decisions for each other. Leon ended up losing the pregnancy.

Summer Pause

I’m going to be taking a couple of days off from blogging so I can have some extra quality time with my family before the new school year hits. Besides, my brain needs to unplug every once in a while.

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Mommy, Mama, Mutti, MaPa: What Do Your Kids Call You?

I first posted this anonymous survey about parenting names a year ago, and over 130 of you responded. Many of you use the classic “Mommy” and “Mama,” but some use “Baba,” “Eema,” “Lala,” “Maman,” “MaPa,” “Mutti,” “Big Mommy,” “Mimo,” “Cita,” “Anya,” and others. I wanted to post the survey again to encourage others to contribute, and to urge those of you who already have to take a look at all the glorious ways we structure and name our families.

Parenting Beyond Our Genders

One of the most common arguments against same-sex parents is that “all children need a mother and a father.” But some LGBT parents are making the argument that being a mother or a father is not necessarily correlated to being female or male—regardless of one’s gender identity.

Same-Sex Parenting Rights in Latin America

Quick: Name all of the Latin American countries that allow same-sex couples to adopt. Can’t do it? Neither could I, before I read this Washington Post article (Answer: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Uruguay.) WaPo centers the article around the story of Columbian lesbian moms Ana Leiderman and Veronica Botero, who have brought a lawsuit arguing for Botero’s rights as a nonbiological mother.

The Sikh Temple Shooting and Learning to Listen

I was sickened by the news of the shooting this past weekend at a Sikh temple, or gurdwara, near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Few things scare me more than random shootings that occur in what are supposed to be places of safety, such as schools and houses of worship. There is little that can help us make sense of what are senseless acts—but one article that has helped me think about how to move forward is “Today, we are all American Sikhs” by Valarie Kaur at CNN.

Post of the Week: “Lessons from Infertility”

Aleia Mims’ “Lessons from Infertility,” part of her “Authentically Me” series at her blog l.i.b.e.r.a.t.i.o.n. theory, is this week’s Post of the Week. She writes about her journey from comfort with not being a bio mom, to wanting to conceive with her wife, to her disappointment at not being able to do so.

Beautiful LGBT Families — and S’Mores

For your viewing pleasure today, please enjoy this slideshow of beautiful LGBT families (and tasty s’mores) at the Family Equality Council’s annual Family Week in Provincetown. (And by “beautiful,” I mean “beautiful because they’re having fun and being themselves.”)

LGBT Parenting Roundup

A few articles for your reading pleasure this week, including two at the end that remind us how not to behave as lesbian moms.

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