The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage.
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Startg the 1970s, however, a few state urts upheld ctody rights for transgenr, gay, and lbian parents, though some still required that they not live wh a partner or engage “homosexual activi. Bill Jon, a gay man, 1968 beme the first sgle father to adopt a child California and one of the first natnally—although, as he told NPR 2015, he was obliquely advised by a social worker not to mentn that he was gay.
It wasn’t until 1997, however, that New Jersey beme the first state to allow same-sex upl to adopt jotly statewi, and not until 2010 did the last state, Florida, overturn a ban on adoptn by gay men and lbians.
) The same year, a Brish gay uple had children through surrogacy California, where a urt for the first time allowed two gay dads to be on their children’s birth certifite.
GAY RIGHTS
In 1977, lawyers Donna Hchens and Roberta Achtenberg San Francis began the Lbian Rights Project, which helped both lbian moms and gay dads. Also lnched the same era (1979) was the Gay Fathers Coaln, which ultimately beme Fay Equaly Council, the natnal anizatn for LGBTQ parents.
By March 1990, lbian and gay parents had bee visible enough for Newsweek to a term, reportg that “a new generatn of gay parents has produced the first-ever ‘gayby boom. ) This go doubly for transgenr parents, about whom much ls has been wrten, and bisexual parents, many of whom were likely misintified as gay or lbian earlier if they were same-sex relatnships, or overlooked if they were not. The famo Stonewall Rts that began June of 1969 have long been regnized as a talyst for the gay rights movement as we know today.
We celebrate LGBTQ hero and events durg the month of October, and here at Gay Parents To Be, we’re g this time to celebrate the history of fay-buildg and share a snapshot of what our fai look like today.