LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
As summer winds down this Labor Day, let’s take a look at some of the stories of LGBTQ parents and our children that have been making headlines lately.
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LGBTQ Parenting Roundup: Talking Turkey (Basters) Edition
If, like me, you’re planning for a big family gathering this week, here are some stories for when you need a break from cooking or while you’re sprawled on your sofa after the meal—including a bunch of podcast episodes by and about LGBTQ parents (and not really about turkey basters, despite what some might think)!
Connecticut and Oregon Enact Paid Family Leave Laws that Let Employees Define Their Own Families
Connecticut and Oregon each enacted laws in June that extend paid family leave with broad definitions of who’s in a family, among other new provisions.
J.P. Morgan and Others Boost Fertility Benefits for LGBTQ Employees
Financial giant J.P. Morgan has announced it will soon offer expanded fertility benefits aimed at helping LGBTQ employees start or grow their families. Let’s take the opportunity, then, to look at what they and other companies are doing—or should be.
A Mutual Benefit: Letting Employees Define their Families
People and families come in many forms, as any LGBTQ person can attest. Now, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) is using that concept to improve upon its already LGBTQ-inclusive employee benefits. The FORTUNE 100 company, which has approximately 7,500 employees around the country, is rolling out new benefits around leave, gender affirmation, family creation, and more that empower all employees and demonstrate a deep understanding of LGBTQ people’s lives.
New Jersey’s Paid Family Leave Law Now Includes Chosen Families
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) yesterday signed a bill expanding the state’s paid family leave law in a number of ways—notably, by expanding the definition of “family” under the law to include chosen families and by expanding the definition of “parent” to include foster parents and those who become parents via gestational surrogacy.
LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
A story of adoption, a business offering expanded family benefits to all employees, progress for same-sex parents in Italy, and more!
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Family Leave Policies Leaving LGBTQ Parents Behind
Leave policies for parents welcoming new children “still commonly exclude LGBTQ families,” according to a new report. And the harms of poor paid leave policies extend broadly to the LGBTQ community.
LGBTQ Parenting Roundup
Here’s what’s been going on ’round and about in LGBTQ parenting lately, complete with supermodels.
Disabled Lesbian Mom War Vet Denied Benefits for Spouse and Daughter
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has told a disabled Iraq war veteran that she much pay back federal veterans benefits for her legal wife and daughter because the state of Texas does not recognize her marriage.