Family News

Old Fashioned Forms Cause Misery

Posted on 18 Aug 2021 in Family

An Exeter couple have spoken to the BBC News Channel about their experiences of having a baby as samesex parents, and the fact that many forms still being used by health providers are obsolete, and heteronormative, in that they make no provision for recording two mothers or two fathers. Kate and Gemma Fox have recently had their first child, but reported that they felt doubly exhausted having to bring to the attention of various health authorities the problems in old documentation that had not been updated to reflect modern society.

Pop Hero Ricky Martin On Two Dad Families

Posted on 14 Jun 2021 in Family

Metro Newspaper says that Ricky Martin has told journalists that families headed by two dads should not be stigmatised. Chatting with lesbian television presenter Ellen De Generes, Mr Martin remarked that “I just want to normalise families like mine”.

It's a Must on the Kid's Summer Booklists!

Posted on 26 May 2021 in Family

Garry Parsons, an acclaimed book illustrator and gay man, whose work includes children's classics such as The Dinosaur Who Pooped, has illustrated a new charming title for the kid's market, inspired by a man's experience as an adoptive parent.

LGBTQ Pagans Send Beltane Wishes

Posted on 29 Apr 2021 in Family

We have arrived at MayDay also known as Beltane. This ancient pagan festival is marked as International Workers Day in many counties, taking up a tradition of carnival and subversion, when the rigid social order of agraian societies could be upset.

More Beds Needed in 2021 for DV Refuges

Posted on 1 Jan 2021 in Family

The West Midlands based community radio station Gorgeous FM reports this week that domestic abuse charities in the region are encouraging more male victims of female violence to come forward after shock figures revealed that a quarter of the region’s domestic abuse cases involved

Nov

Trans Father is Rebuffed by UK Highest Court

Pink News and our friends at Trans Radio UK report that transgender father Freddy McConnell has had his appeal to the UK highest court rejected.

Jul

Violent Threats to Drag Queen Backfire

Users of controversial web portal “Mumsnet” have been cited in some of the most verbally violent anti-gay and anti-equalities campaigning in the UK in recent years.

Mar

Busting Myths About Adoption and Fostering

Do you think you have what it takes to be a foster carer to a child in need? Well, Bristol is among the many urban areas where carers are required.

Feb

"Refuge" Documentary Takes You Inside Hostel

On Tuesday 26th February, Channel Four Television in the UK will broadcast a special documentary filmed over the course of a year at a Women's Refuge Shelter. With many heterosexual relationships

Dec

South Gloucestershire Council Wins DV Credit

The local community newspaper for East Bristol, The Week In, reports that South Gloucestershire Council has become the first local authority in the West Country to be accredited b