Allies
You help them in school when they need it, or with a loan in a pinch. Your home is their home, and vice versa. You might share clothes with your friends, seats, secrets and for sure, support but what about people you don’t know that well? In the new book “Allies” by various authors, you…
Transgender Parents: Establishing Your Rights in Child Custody Disputes
No divorce process looks exactly like another. But transgender people may feel a particular concern about not being treated fairly in divorce as a result of their gender identity, especially as a parent. Does your transition during marriage change your legal rights as a spouse or parent? Can your transition or gender identity prevent you…
Raising Ollie: How My Nonbinary Art-Nerd Kid Changed (Nearly) Everything I Know
Fill-in-the-blanks. That’s what you get when you have a baby: unknowns. Its birth date is often a guess, length and weight are surprises. Will it have your eyes, long fingers, dad’s smile, grandma’s nose? Fill in the blanks: not boy, not girl, but as in the new memoir, “Raising Ollie” by Tom Rademacher, neither, thank…
Same-Sex Parents Now Able to Use Surrogates in Israel
After years of citing religious beliefs as a reason for legal discrimination, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex couples having access to surrogacy on July 11. Lawmakers, however, are now more divided than ever.
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