Tag: children
Law reform call for LGBT parents
About 16% of gay and lesbian parents have no legal status over their children, research has found.
India Bars Foreign Homosexual Couples From Surrogacy
Foreign gay and lesbian couples will be unable to rent a womb in the country from now on as per the new rules notified by the Indian Union Home Ministry.
Gay and Lesbian Foster-Adopt Parents are as Effective as their Heterosexual Counterparts
RaiseAChild.US puts this research into practice by recruiting LGBT families to foster and adopt.
Mitt Romney Rejected Birth Certificates for Massachusetts Children Born to Same-Sex Couples
The Human Rights Campaign, the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, is condemning steps Mitt Romney took as governor of Massachusetts to discriminate against families headed by same-sex couples, including demanding that his administration personally review every request to revise birth certificates for children born to same-sex parents.
Chaz Bono, Cheryl Kilodavis to Appear at Groundbreaking Conference for Families of Transgender Children
The Gender Odyssey Family conference is pleased to welcome Chaz Bono and Cheryl Kilodavis as this year’s featured keynote speakers. Chaz and Cheryl will be profiling their best-selling books, “Transition” and “My Princess Boy,” respectively.
Senate Bill 1188 Puts Discrimination Ahead of Children in the Adoption Process
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest civil rights organisation dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, condemned Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and the Republican leadership in the state legislature for passing and signing into law SB 1188, which gives preference to married couples in the adoption process – at the exclusion of same-sex couples and single adults who wish to provide a loving home to children. The bill applies to public and private adoption agencies.