Rhode Island house and senate pass major LGBTQ parenting legislation
Both Rhode Island's Senate and House passed legislation late last week to update the state's parenting laws for the first time in 40 years, simplifying same-sex couple's and others' path to parenting....
GLAD applauds SCOTUS denial to review anti-LGBTQ parenting case
Boston-based GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders) applauded the US Supreme Court's denial to review a petition this week that would have discriminated against the right of same-sex spouses to appear on...
Rhode Island Senate passes bill to faciliate adoption for LGBTQ+ families
The Rhode Island Senate last week voted unanimously to pass S 0121, a bill that will streamline the process for confirmatory adoption and make it more accessible for LGBTQ+ parents to ensure security...
Rhode Island woman forced to adopt her own biological son
The baby is linked biologically to both of his mothers, Sara Watson and Anna Ford of South County, Rhode Island. The couple used Watson’s egg, while Ford carried and delivered him. But Watson was...
SJC rules unmarried lesbian may seek full parental rights
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of an unmarried lesbian seeking the right to seek full custody of the children she raised from birth to ages four and eight with her former partner,...
Mass. SJC unanimously rules to protect non-marital family relationships
This just in from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD):
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) cheers the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s (SJC) recent ruling in J.M. v. C.G.,...
Maine’s Governor Mills signs equitable fertility insurance coverage bill into law
Maine Governor Janet Mills has signed into law "An Act to Provide Access to Fertility Care" (LD 1539).
The legislation, which goes into effect on January 1, 2023,...
GLAD explains SCOTUS ruling on Catholic Social Services adoption case
Though the US Supreme Court issued an unanimous ruling in favor of a religious organization seeking to discriminate against LGBTQ people hoping to become adoptive parents, the Court left "intact the broader...
‘Ex-lesbian’ mom from Vermont who kidnapped daughter is in custody
Nearly a decade ago, Lisa Miller, then of Vermont, renounced "the homosexual lifestyle," kidnapped the daughter she'd given birth to with her partner in a civil union, fled the state and eventually...
New Hampshire passes law expanding parenting rights for LGBTQ families
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed into law a bill that expands access for adoption, notably for children of LGBTQ parents.
According to GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders...
