Watch: New Freedom to Marry Ads Feature Same-Sex Parents
Two new ads from Freedom to Marry—one in Alabama and one national—prominently feature same-sex parents.
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Watch: Two Moms and Daughter on “Who We Are As Southerners”
Jessica and Chi are two moms living in Alabama with their seven-year-old daughter. They married in Connecticut last year, but their marriage is not recognized by the state where they live, work, and go to church. Watch them tell their story.
Marriage Equality Heads South
[Updated again: Now with Alabama and Virginia!] Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, and Texas all had positive news about marriage equality yesterday. Let’s round it all up. (I know: Nevada isn’t really part of the south, but it’s south of where I am, so grant me some poetic license here.)
LGBT Parenting Roundup
A few items I haven’t posted about previously, including a couple of family profiles, some good national and international news brought to you by the letter “A,” and Xena.
LGBT Parenting Roundup
Schools and Youth Yes, Iowa has marriage equality. They even have a safe schools law that requires inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the state’s Civil Rights Act and anti-bullying policies. Still, the Iowa Pride Network, in its 2009 School Climate Survey, found that more than half of the students surveyed (LGBT and
LGBT Parenting Roundup
Let’s start with a funny: When I first saw the Advocate headline, “Lesbian Named Part Owner of Cubs,” my first thought was, “And I thought it was hard enough for lesbians to adopt human babies.” Politics and Law Lisa Neff’s piece at 365gay.com gives a touching example of how HUD’s proposed new anti-discrimination policies would
