The Queer Parent: a groundbreaking book to help LGBTQ+ families
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Taiwan grants same-sex couples right to adopt in huge step toward equality
Taiwan’s legislature has passed a historic bill granting same-sex couples the right to jointly adopt a child neither of them are related to. The legislation was approved on 16 May and clears one of the final hurdles in Taiwan achieving full marriage equality. Prior to this, only heterosexual couples and single people were allowed to adopt children they have no biological relation to – resulting in only one person in a same-sex couple being able to legally register as the child’s parent, even if they were both raising them. Fan…
Read MoreSame-sex couples can apply to adopt children in Croatia after historic court ruling
A historic ruling from Croatia’s High Administrative Court means that same-sex couples will be entitled to apply to adopt children. “Taking into account the position of the European Court of Human Rights, the Court states that a different treatment of persons in similar situations, based exclusively on their sexual orientation, represents a form of discrimination,” the 26 May ruling stated, according to Telegram.hr. It brings an end to the six-year-long legal battle of Mladen Kožić and Ivo Šegota, a gay couple who have been fighting to make this possible after…
Read More“I wouldn’t change it for the world”: Drag Race UK’s Elektra Fence on her parents’ cerebral palsy
The post “I wouldn’t change it for the world”: Drag Race UK’s Elektra Fence on her parents’ cerebral palsy appeared first on GAY TIMES. Go to Source Author: Conor Clark
Read MoreKenny Ethan Jones: “I’m not going to waste my time with people that don’t fully accept me”
Kenny Ethan Jones believes it is “powerful” when LGBTQ+ people do not try to gain acceptance from those who reject them. During an appearance on Just Like Us’ new podcast series, Growing up LGBT+, Jones detailed what growing up trans in the UK was like for him. “Teachers weren’t very supportive, they just didn’t really understand it,” the activist shares. “I don‘t think it’s that they were necessarily transphobic to any degree, it’s just that they didn’t get it and they didn’t get how to support me or what I…
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