Them Before Us https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Poly Parenting- Not a good deal for kids Don’t Ignore The Child’s Perspective On Gay Couples Commissioning Babies When a child cries for “Mommy,” neither Daddy will do. Heather Barwick’s story | “I grew up surrounded by women who said they didn’t need a man. Yet, as a little girl, I desperately wanted a daddy.” Brandi Walton’s story | “As far as I was concerned, I already had one mother; I did not need another.” Millie Fontana’s story | “Growing up with two mothers forced me to be confused about who I was and where I fit in the scheme of the world.” Robert Oscar Lopez’s story | “I had no male figure to follow, my mother and her partner were both unlike traditional fathers or traditional mothers.” Cassie’s story | “My mom and Tracy are both great, but they cannot be my dad.” Kelly’s story | “I had built a facade that my father wanted a relationship with me as much as I wanted a relationship with him.” Melody’s story | “I would come home from college unexpectedly and there would be a woman in my mom’s bedroom.” Denise Shick’s story | “To my [transgender] dad, my siblings and I were mistakes.” S.C. Birth Certificates record *alternative* facts of a child’s birth James Lopez’s story | “I grew up seeing my father kiss and cuddle with two different women.” Jennifer Johnson’s story | “When my parents divorced, my family ceased to exist.” Would you force insurance agencies to cover surrogacy if you heard this boy’s testimony? Nate’s story | “My mom and dad had children with their new spouses, but neither step-parent treated me the same as their own children.” Alana Newman’s story | “After a wrenching divorce, I never again saw that ‘dad’ of mine.” Becky’s story | “Maybe my father simply couldn’t bear the fact that I was another man’s child.” Brian C.’s story | “I don’t care why my parents did this. It looks to me like I was bought and sold.” Allison’s story | “My step father was a different, changed man…toward his own children.” John King’s story | “I’ve been scorned for not adapting to and celebrating my parents’ new sexual identities.” Kathleen LaBounty’s story | “At the age of 8, I learned about my conception history.” Jessica Kern’s story | “We want to know who gave birth to us and what they are like.” Stephanie Blessing’s story | “I found out I was conceived through a sperm donor…I mourned the loss of a man I never knew existed.” Judge the merits of “Throuples” by children’s experiences, not adults. Bill Nye, Ice Cream, and “flavors of sexuality” The Birth Certificate Battle- from “Right to Marry” to “Right to Parenthood” Divorce Selfies Are a Thing- children not pictured. Kathryn’s story | “My mother told my brother that he was now the ‘man of the house’…he became depressed in his 20’s and drowned.” Why ‘Swipe Right to Build-a-Baby’ Is So Wrong Nicholas Isel’s story | “Maybe if the sperm bank had sent [my dad] a ‘good son,’ he would still be alive.” Pamela’s story | “My mother told me she didn’t know who my father was…in the same sentence she told me she was gay.” “Equality” for Same-Sex Couples on Birth Certificates = Inequality for Kids Heather G.’s story | “Mom said to us, ‘Don’t come around too often, my boyfriend doesn’t like it.'” Marie’s story | “In college I would proudly declare how I had a gay father.” Marriage is Married to Parenthood- a global survey on how gay marriage weakens children’s rights. John McEnroe Shreds Serena and Reality- why gender matters in tennis and marriage. Ginger’s story | “My mother would carry on that my birth father never wanted me, he only wanted her.” Gill’s story | “My life has had many negative issues due to my mother being lesbian.” Think legalizing gay marriage will help kids with LGBT parents? Think again. Biology Matters- Take it from donor conceived kids with loving straight parents. Surrogacy and the silent MINORity Maia’s story | “Our mum left to pursue a same sex lifestyle, leaving my siblings and I devastated.” Breeding puppies: Bad. Breeding babies: Good. Ellie’s story | “Now it is my turn to speak. I hate my conception.” Elizabeth Howard’s story – Part 2 | “For the first time in my life, I know who you are.” Lewis’s story | “My experience of living with gay parents left me emotionally scarred.” Donor Conceived People Oppose Washington State’s Uniform Parentage Act (SB 6037) Six Reasons Why Washington State’s “Uniform Parentage Act” Should Die A Terrible Death Home