Jezebel: Gay Adoption

New Gay Adoption Bill Bans Discrimination

Irin Carmon — Wed, 04 May 2011 10:20:52 EDT

Not everything coming out of the House of Representatives lately is toxic. Here's something to get excited about: the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, which would "ban discrimination in adoption or foster care placement based on the sexual orientation, marital status or gender identity of the potential parent, or the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child." More »

North Carolina Courts Hate Gays, Lesbians, Adoptive Parents, Possibly Everyone

Rachel Kincaid — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:35:00 EST

If you're part of a same-sex family in a state where gay marriage isn't legal, your life is hard. If, for whatever reason, the parents in that family decide to separate, your life gets even harder. More »

World Slowly Discovers That Good Parents Are Good Parents, Gay Or Straight

Irin Carmon — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:26:16 EDT

Get this: parental stress levels and skills matter more to their adopted kids' development than the parents' sexuality. Meanwhile, the fictional lesbian parents on The Kids Are All Right are pissing some people off. More »

Samantha Orobator Challenges Conviction • Group Will Sue Over Forced Removal Of Head Scarf

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:30:00 EDT

• Lawyers for Samantha Orobator, the pregnant woman jailed in Laos for drug smuggling, say the U.K. shouldn't recognize her conviction because she was subjected to a "disgraceful show trial," denied access to lawyers, and prevented from defending herself. • More »

Bobby Jindal Seeks To Stave Off Another Hurricane By Eliminating Gay Rights

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST

Louisiana governor and 2012 Presidential candidate Bobby Jindal recently created the Louisiana Commission on Marriage and Family. If you're wondering why that's a problem, recall at Arkansas' anti-gay-adoption law. More »

Hank Williams Jr. Pains Our Ears, And Our Brains

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:30:00 EST

Hank Williams Jr., who we started studiously ignoring after he murdered our national anthem during a Palin rally, has decided that he's not quite done with being part of a losing campaign and will challenge Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander in the primary for the 2010 race. [Politico]
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman today threw out Florida's 31-year-old law prohibiting LGBT Floridians from adopting children, noting that there was no scientific evidence to support the ban and Florida allows LGBT people to foster children. The state plans to appeal. [Wall Street Journal]
Barack Obama is adopting, too, and not just a puppy — he's adopting current Defense Secretary Robert Gates for his own Administration. [ABC News]

30 Days: Gay Adoption Doesn't Go Over Well With Mormon Mom

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:40:00 EDT

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Morgan Spurlock is the Super-Size Me dude, you know, the one who lived solely on McDonalds until he fucked up his body. Anyway, his show 30 Days, which airs on F/X, is similar to this idea in that he has people live for 30 days in an environment alien to their own. On last night's episode, he had a Mormon woman, who is opposed to homosexuality — and gay adoptions in particular — live with a gay couple who have adopted children. They are a stable, loving family, who go to a church that is accepting of their lifestyle. The idea was to get this woman see that a family is a family is a family, but she just would not budge on her "beliefs," even by the time the 30 days were up. Clip above. More »