The city court in Padua, Italy, has affirmed that children with two moms can have their nongestational mothers on their birth certificates. The ruling defies central government officials in the city, who last fall told 27 two-mom families, raising more than 30 children, that the nongestational parent was being removed from these vital documents.
Queer parents and allies in more than a dozen European cities are holding protests against the Italian government’s removal of nongestational mothers in two-mom families from their children’s birth certificates. Here’s what’s happening and how you can help.
The Italian government has begun removing nongestational mothers’ names from their children’s birth certificates, depriving the children of the protections and benefits of two legal parents.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government has told the city of Milan not to recognize or allow birth certificates showing two mothers or two fathers.
One last roundup before 2022 winds to a close! Here are some of the stories of LGBTQ parents and our kids that I haven’t covered already.
LGBTQ parents are in the news! Here are some of the stories I haven’t covered elsewhere.
Rounding it up again with various tidbits I haven’t covered elsewhere—including one about a Nebraska judge concerned that letting two women adopt would turn the court into an “imagination station”!
A story of adoption, a business offering expanded family benefits to all employees, progress for same-sex parents in Italy, and more!
Read on.
For the first time, an Italian court has recognized the parentage of a non-biological dad in a same-sex couple.
Here’s the latest roundup of LGBTQ parenting stories and news that I haven’t covered elsewhere.
Lots of family profiles this time—enjoy!
