- Honoring The Dream Washington's LGBT community joins in celebrating dedication of Martin Luther King Jr. memorial.
http://metroweekly.com/news/?ak=6515
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Honoring The Dream.
- Honoring The Dream Washington's LGBT community joins in celebrating dedication of Martin Luther King Jr. memorial.
http://metroweekly.com/news/?ak=6515
Friday, August 12, 2011
Zuna's Annual National Black Lesbian Conference for 2011 has been cancelled.
View Details At: http://zunainstitute.org/
Thursday, August 11, 2011
The Untitled Black Lesbian Elder Project
Documentary honoring the legacy of black lesbian elders.
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Lesbian Couples "Uninformed" About DC Parentage Law
American University law professor Nancy Polikoff, a nationally recognized expert on LGBT related family law, has issued an alert to lesbian couples in D.C. — getting married isn’t the best way to guarantee your rights as parents of children conceived through artificial insemination.
Polikoff said the enactment of D.C.’s same-sex marriage law last year has overshadowed another sweeping law the city enacted in 2009 that provides same-sex couples with all of the parental rights that heterosexual couples have through a legal status separate from marriage.
Among other things, the law “confers the status of legal parent on both lesbian mothers who plan a child using donor insemination,” Polikoff said in a blog posting at the time the law was passed. She said the law gives full parental rights to the partner of the couple who doesn’t give birth to the child as long as both partners sign an official Consent to Parent form.
Polikoff said that lesbian couples who marry in D.C. and other states also are given equal parental rights to a child conceived through artificial insemination. But she said that the parental right of the partner who doesn’t bear the child could be disputed or rejected by other states that don’t recognize same-sex marriage.
A signed Consent to Parent form linked to the city’s sweeping parentage law provides much stronger legal protection of the parental rights of a lesbian couple in other states, said Polikoff.
Yet many lesbian couples apparently are unaware of this form, which the city requires all hospitals to make available to female same-sex partners at the time one of the partners gives birth, Polikoff said. She noted that the form also clears the way for the names of both partners to appear on the birth certificate.
“We have to educate lesbians giving birth in D.C. about this form,” Polikoff told the Blade. “It has nothing to do with marriage. The couple doesn’t need to be married. Plus getting your name on the birth certificate because of signing this form will be more protection in other states than getting on the birth certificate through marriage,” she said.
-WashingtonBlade.com
Polikoff said the enactment of D.C.’s same-sex marriage law last year has overshadowed another sweeping law the city enacted in 2009 that provides same-sex couples with all of the parental rights that heterosexual couples have through a legal status separate from marriage.
Among other things, the law “confers the status of legal parent on both lesbian mothers who plan a child using donor insemination,” Polikoff said in a blog posting at the time the law was passed. She said the law gives full parental rights to the partner of the couple who doesn’t give birth to the child as long as both partners sign an official Consent to Parent form.
Polikoff said that lesbian couples who marry in D.C. and other states also are given equal parental rights to a child conceived through artificial insemination. But she said that the parental right of the partner who doesn’t bear the child could be disputed or rejected by other states that don’t recognize same-sex marriage.
A signed Consent to Parent form linked to the city’s sweeping parentage law provides much stronger legal protection of the parental rights of a lesbian couple in other states, said Polikoff.
Yet many lesbian couples apparently are unaware of this form, which the city requires all hospitals to make available to female same-sex partners at the time one of the partners gives birth, Polikoff said. She noted that the form also clears the way for the names of both partners to appear on the birth certificate.
“We have to educate lesbians giving birth in D.C. about this form,” Polikoff told the Blade. “It has nothing to do with marriage. The couple doesn’t need to be married. Plus getting your name on the birth certificate because of signing this form will be more protection in other states than getting on the birth certificate through marriage,” she said.
-WashingtonBlade.com
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Growing Leadership Film
Check out this video put out by the HOPE foundation, highlighting the leaders of organizations that work with the great community to make it a more welcoming place. This film focuses on those leaders that work so hard to increase acceptance and understanding for LGBT persons of color. It is one of a series that will be made. We hope you enjoy it!
http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/lgbt711.aspx
http://www.modeldmedia.com/
Monday, June 27, 2011
NY Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill
On Friday June 24th, New York State Senate Passed a Same-Sex Marriage Bill to be enacted within 30 days throughout the state. This marks the largest and most populous state to pass a same-sex marriage law and may indicate a soon sweeping change across many other areas of the country. The ability to repeal this law by vote is extremely difficult to do, so it looks like this one will be staying on the books! http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/same-sex-marriage-celebrations/
People across the country and even the world celebrated over the weekend and continue to celebrate!
Monday, February 7, 2011
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Feb. 7th: According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), even though African Americans make up 13% of the US population, African Americans account for about half (49%) of the people who get HIV and AIDS. In 2008, African Americans accounted for 52% of new HIV diagnoses and 48% of AIDS diagnoses alone -- and among women diagnosed with AIDS, 77% were black/African American women. African American women are disproportionately affected and we must be aware of the risk and get tested to protect ourselves and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in our community!
Take a moment today - get educated, get tested, get treated, get involved. For more information, visit http://www.blackaidsday.org/ For information on testing and counseling centers in your area, please contact your local department of health, non-profit LGBT organization, or feel free to contact the Mautner Project.
Feb. 7th: According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), even though African Americans make up 13% of the US population, African Americans account for about half (49%) of the people who get HIV and AIDS. In 2008, African Americans accounted for 52% of new HIV diagnoses and 48% of AIDS diagnoses alone -- and among women diagnosed with AIDS, 77% were black/African American women. African American women are disproportionately affected and we must be aware of the risk and get tested to protect ourselves and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in our community!
Take a moment today - get educated, get tested, get treated, get involved. For more information, visit http://www.blackaidsday.org/ For information on testing and counseling centers in your area, please contact your local department of health, non-profit LGBT organization, or feel free to contact the Mautner Project.
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