This edition includes two (!) stories about queer moms both giving birth and gaining doctorates within ridiculously short time frames; two involving reciprocal in vitro fertilization (RIVF); legal inequalities in fertility care and parentage; the profile of a beloved bisexual children’s author; and more that I haven’t covered elsewhere.
The U.S. Department of Education has released regulations that will better protect LGBTQ students, sexual violence survivors, and others against discrimination in schools. Regulations addressing the inclusion of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex students in school sports, however, are still pending.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a Web designer may refuse to create custom websites for same-sex couples, despite state non-discrimination laws. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a dissenting opinion, called the decision “profoundly wrong” and noted the message it sends to children with same-sex parents.
Not letting a little thing like insurrection stop them, the Trump administration on Thursday finalized a rule that will allow foster care and adoption agencies, along with other public health and social service organizations receiving taxpayer funds, to discriminate against LGBTQ people and others.
The majority of LGBTQ Americans say they have experienced violence, threats, or harassment because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, according to a new national poll. These results are sobering—but only tell part of the story.
In one of my son’s favorite video games, an artificial intelligence system promises the player cake if she completes various challenges. As the player proceeds through the game, however, she finds graffiti claiming “The cake is a lie,” and it becomes clear that the AI is stringing her along with malicious intent. The Trump administration has similarly revealed the lie of its promised friendship—its “cake”—to the LGBTQ community. (Remember the image of then-candidate Trump holding a rainbow flag at a rally almost exactly a year ago?) Fittingly, the latest confirmation of the administration’s true intent revolves around actual cake.
A Colorado same-sex couple, one of whom is transgender, is taking their housing discrimination case to federal court. The couple, along with their two young children, were denied a rental because the property owner worried their “uniqueness” would harm her standing in the community.
Today sees the reintroduction of a federal bill to give more children homes by preventing discrimination against LGBTQ prospective parents in fostering or adoption.
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.
A Florida bill that would have allowed adoption agencies receiving public funds to discriminate against LGBTQ people looks dead for now—but similar bills are alive in several other states.
