LGBTQ Parenting Roundup

• LGBTQ Parenting Roundup • coming out, georgia, indiana, nonbiological/nongestational parents, ohio, orlando

LGBTQ Parenting RoundupHere are a few stories I haven’t covered on my blog yet. Pull up a cup of coffee (or an icy beverage, if the weather’s like it is near me) and enjoy.

Politics and Law

  • A federal judge ruled last week that Indiana must list both moms in same-sex couples as parents on their children’s birth certificates, writing “There is no conceivable important governmental interest that would justify the different treatment of female spouses of artificially-inseminated birth mothers from the male spouses of artificially-inseminated birth mothers.”
  • Two-mom couples in Ohio are still fighting for that right, however, as Elisa Abes and Amber Feldman explain to WCPO.
  • And in a truly awful decision, a Tennessee judge ruled that a nonbiological mother is not the legal mother to the child she and her ex created and were raising together, even though the two women were legally wed.

Family Profiles

  • Laila Ibrahim writes at TIME about her ongoing coming out process, and observes, “Little did I know that becoming a parent would force me to be out in whole new way.”
  • The Macon Telegraph profiles three same-sex couples, including two two-mom couples, who talk about changing attitudes in Middle Georgia since marriage equality.
  • The Omaha World-Herald does a similar piece on Nebraska, with a focus on the Obergefell decision’s impact on families with children.
  • Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents shares an interview with Eileen, a mom who had three kids with her husband before leaving him and moving in with her girlfriend.
  • Chris Rowzee, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and mom, writes at Moms Rising about Orlando and the need for greater gun control.
  • Paula Morris writes at HuffPo of how she and her spouse are finding their way after the death of their son.
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