Thanks, Kwynne, for pointing out the story that lesbian parents in New Jersey will now both be listed on their babies’ birth certificates.
Mombian recommends that New Jersey moms follow the advice that the National Center for Lesbian Rights gave to California moms who both appear on the birth certificate. Get a legal ruling that you are both this child’s parents anyway.
These are the moments when I hear a faint chorus of “We shall overcome, someday” in my head. Yes, we’re making progress. But it isn’t exactly fast. Or inexpensive.
Author: Cheryl Dumesnil and Alan Shannon
A freelance writer and writing coach, Cheryl Dumesnil likes nothing more than laughing at the crazy things her kids say. Her books include a memoir,
Love Song for Baby X: How I Stayed (Almost) Sane on the Rocky Road to Parenthood; a collection of poems,
In Praise of Falling; the anthology
Hitched! Wedding Stories from San Francisco City Hall; and the anthology
Dorothy Parker’s Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos, co-edited with Kim Addonizio. When she’s not writing or teaching, Cheryl’s hiking, yoga-ing, begging her children to stop the potty talk
please, or trying to toss pop flies, without tearing her rotator cuff. Check her out at
CherylDumesnil.com.
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