News from NELFA: ‘We are very pleased to annouce that NELFA has a new full member: Transgender Europe (TGEU). WELCOME IN OUR NETWORK!!! Recently, the NELFA Board decided on the […]
Report: Discrimination, not same-sex parents, harms children
Discrimination is the main threat to the wellbeing of children of same-sex parents, according to a new review published in the Medical Journal of Australia. The study, based on three decades of […]
A marriage is a marriage – and should be recognised as such!
NELFA claims on freedom of movement after a gay couple was told by the French government to divorce. The Network of European LGBTIQ* Families Associations, NELFA, deprecates the behaviour of […]
International Family Equality Day 2017: The report is out!
This year’s edition of the International Family Equality Day (IFED) was another great success. Extensive information on the various IFED-celebrations in over 100 cities worldwide can be found in the […]
Gay fathers are still seen more negatively and judged more harshly than lesbian mothers
Following ‘Frontiers in Psychology – Gender, Sex and Sexuality Studies‘ Gay fathers are still seen more negatively and judged more harshly than lesbian mothers. The work analyses 63 researches on […]
German court accepts discrimination of trans families
A judgement behind the times! – The Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) in Germany accepts the discrimination of trans* families The Network of European LGBTIQ* Families Associations, NELFA, strongly denounces a […]
NELFA attends the “Brussels conference on Parenting options for European gay men”
Surrogacy? The debate must be open, honest and critical! – NELFA attends the “Brussels conference on Parenting options for European gay men”. The non-profit US-organisation “Men Having Babies” (MHB) organises its […]
Newsletter of NELFA – September 2017
Here you’ll find information about NELFA’s recent activities and important news about LGBTIQ parents, their children, allies and supporters. Enjoy reading!
CRINmail: legal victory for gay couples in France
Gay couples in France with children born to foreign surrogate mothers have won an important legal victory, with the country’s highest appeals court ruling that the partner of the biological […]
Arkansas birth certificate law: discrimination against lesbians
The United States Supreme Court has reversed a ruling by the Arkansas Supreme Court that married lesbian couples must get a court order to have both spouses listed on their […]