Some bad news today: The Arkansas Supreme Court has reversed a lower-court decision and ruled that same-sex spouses do not have a constitutional right to put both their names on their children’s birth certificates.
Some much-needed good news: A two-mom couple has won their battle with the state of North Carolina and will now be able to put both their names on the birth certificates of their sons.
A federal court has ruled that Wisconsin must issue accurate birth certificates for children of married same-sex couples. Yes, even more than a year after national marriage equality, we’re still having to go to court to protect our families.
LGBTQ family news and stories from hither and yon.
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It’s been almost a year since marriage equality has been law across the U.S.—but Nebraska still isn’t issuing proper birth certificates to the children of same-sex couples.
‘Tis the season for birth certificate cases. A couple in Indiana has filed a lawsuit to put both moms on their child’s birth certificate. Like my now-spouse and I, one is the genetic mom and the other the gestational.
It’s been a bumpy week for same-sex parents in Arkansas trying to both get on their children’s birth certificates—but there’s an important lesson in the case for same-sex parents in all states.
“It’s not marriage equality until same-sex parents both appear on birth certificates” say two leading LGBTQ attorneys—and I couldn’t agree more.
This week saw not one, but two federal lawsuits filed to protect children of same-sex parents, with a suit in Florida joining one in Mississippi.
Three recent stories about same-sex parents trying to obtain accurate birth certificates for their children underscore the obstacles and confusion we often face in trying to protect our families.
