Showing posts with label gay parents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gay parents. Show all posts

Thursday, September 05, 2013

Russian Law Proposes Removing Gay Parents' Children

THE GUARDIAN: Proposal highlights Putin's hardline course on social issues as he seeks to boost support among conservative voters

A member of Russian president Vladimir Putin's ruling party tabled a draft law on Thursday to take children away from homosexual parents, adding to a series of measures that activists say are undermining gay rights.

The draft law, which follows legislation banning gay "propaganda", would add homosexuality to a list of conditions including drug and child abuse that can lead to parents being stripped of custody over their children.

The proposal highlights the more hardline course on social issues that Putin has charted in his third presidential term as he seeks to boost support among conservative voters.

"In the case when a parent has sexual contact with people of their own gender, the damage that can be inflicted on the psyche of a child is enormous," Alexei Zhuravlyov, author of the draft, wrote in submitting it to the Russian parliament's lower house, the Duma. He said between 5% and 7% of people across Russia were of "non-traditional" sexual orientation and at least a third of those had children.

It was not clear if Zhuravlyov's proposal had a strong chance of becoming law, but it follows other legislation signed by Putin that rights activists and western governments say are discriminatory against homosexuals. » | Reuters in Moscow | Thursday, September 05, 2013

Tuesday, August 06, 2013

French Nurse Offers to Breastfeed for Gay Parents

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A nurse has sparked controversy in France for posting a classified online advert to breastfeed babies whose parents – notably gay men – are unable to do so.

Denounced as illegal and a health hazard by experts, the 100-euro-per-day (£86) rental of the 29-year-old's breasts is thought to be the first such commercial venture since France legalised gay marriage and adoption earlier this year.

The new mother posted the novel offer on the website e-loue.com (e-rental), whose motto is: "With e-loue.com, everything is up for rent.

"I am a young mother in full health, a trained nurse, 29 years old, and I'm renting out my breasts to feed young babies. In one day I can offer you up to a dozen feeds for your baby," reads the ad by "cecelia232" titled "Breast rental – breast-feeding – Boulogne", a district on the western outskirts of Paris. » | Henry Samuel, Paris | Tuesday, August 06, 2013