voluntary acknowledgement of parentage

Polly Crozier, senior staff attorney at GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), and Julie Gonen, federal policy director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR),

How LGBTQ Parents Can Protect Their Families After Dobbs

How can LGBTQ families best protect themselves after the Dobbs decision? Polly Crozier, senior staff attorney at GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), and Julie Gonen, federal policy director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), shared their thoughts with me.

Colorado - Marlo's Law signing

Colorado Gov. Signs Parentage Bill Named After Child of Two Moms

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) yesterday signed “Marlo’s Law,” which will ensure critical legal protections for families formed via assisted reproduction and is named after the child of the bill’s co-prime sponsor, a lesbian mom. The Colorado legislature has also recently passed a bill ensuring that donor-conceived people have access to certain information about their sperm/egg donors.

Outdated MA parentage laws fail families, especially LGBTQ+ families. We need the Massachusetts Parentage Act!

Massachusetts Parentage Act Faces Deadline

Massachusetts parentage laws are long out of date and exclude many children, particularly those with LGBTQ parents and/or de facto parents. The Massachusetts Parentage Act (MPA) would change that, but faces a deadline next week that means we must act now in urging legislators to move it forward.

Massachusetts Parentage Act

Massachusetts Parentage Act Has Bipartisan Support: Let’s Move It Forward

The Massachusetts Parentage Act (MPA) would ensure that all children in the state, including those with LGBTQ parents, have equal access to the protections of legal parentage. While it had a hearing last November and has strong support, it still needs a push to become law, said advocates of the bill at a panel today.

Looking Ahead to 2022 for LGBTQ Families

LGBTQ Families in 2022: “Creating the Kind of World We Want for Our Children”

In my recent “2021 Year in Review for LGBTQ Families,” I looked at what experts at some of the leading organizations fighting for LGBTQ families thought were the biggest wins and setbacks for our families in the past year. Now, they share what they see as our key legal and political goals for 2022 and what we must do to achieve them.

Scroll to Top