by Them Before Us | Aug 31, 2023 | Stories
In 1953, on the day after my third birthday, our parents divorced. That explosion scattered my brother, sister, and me to different states, towns, houses, schools, stepparents, and half-siblings for ten chaotic years. Our second stepmother brought us some stability...
by Them Before Us | Jul 5, 2023 | Stories
My mom came out as gay in 2017 and ended my parents’ marriage of 33 years. She had been cheating on my dad with her mistress she met through a church group. I’m not sure how long their relationship had been like that, but we had known the other woman for...
by Them Before Us | Mar 6, 2023 | Around the World, Justice, Panama
International special interest groups that promote the redefinition of marriage and of family and gender identity expend great effort to pressure governments worldwide to advance their version of “human rights” – rights that ironically completely ignore the...
by Them Before Us | Feb 8, 2023 | Stories |
My name is Blake, and I am a victim of adults putting their desires before their responsibilities as parents. I was born into a middle-class family that I thought was secure. We had no financial need that we could not meet, my mother took a very active role in raising...
by Them Before Us | Feb 3, 2023 | Justice |
Dear Sir or Madam, My name is Katy Faust. I am President of Them Before Us, a global children’s rights nonprofit. I write regarding the proposed European Certificate of Parenthood/Regulation on Cross-Border Parenthood on behalf of the children whose rights will...
