So good to see. Children’s TV series Peppa Pig has introduced its first ever same sex characters on the show. In the 41st episode of season seven that aired on Channel 5 in the UK yesterday, the episode called Families saw Penny the polar bear and her two mums be introduced. The scene showed Peppa […]
3 years ago
It was only in May last year that the final sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 were enacted, allowing same-sex female couples to be legally recognised as co-parents of their children. The legislation means that both the birth-mother of a child and the intending co-parent (the spouse, civil partner or co-habitant) can […]
5 years ago
The new regulations will be signed by Health Minister Simon Harris today. Gay parents will both be able to register their names on their child’s birthday certificate from May 2020. More than a year ago, Minister Harris sought approval to introduce legislation allowing both parents to be recognised as such on their child’s birth cert, and […]
6 years ago
A same-sex penguin couple are now parents after their adopted chick hatched at a London aquarium. In what might be the cutest, feel-good and heartwarming story of the week, two penguins are now proud mammies to a baby chick. Marama and Rocky welcomed their little chick earlier this week at Sea Life Aquarium with the […]
6 years ago
‘If something were to happen to me, our children would technically be orphaned.’
7 years ago