In a ruling before the High Court today a sperm donor was told he had no rights to guardianship or access to right to a child. A gay man had provided sperm to a lesbian couple with no involvement anticipated. He changed his mind, was refused the access he wanted and had received a injunction […]
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All eyes turn to Dundalk on the political front this weekend. They have a conference blog (looking forward to hearing from the Green Party Gay and Lesbian bloggers this weekend!) And they have a conference flickr stream as you can see from Minister Gormley’s smiling face. And they have guest speakers…including Ann Louise Gilligan and […]
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Or so the feeling will be amongst many in the lesbian and gay community. Fianna Fáil are also failing children in this situation if this morning’s Irish Times lead on the 200 pages of legislation on civil partnership and recognition of cohabitants is to be believed. However FF never promised us a rose garden! Remember […]
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Did you ever think you’d see the day?? Only a week ago Brendan Fay and his partner Tom Moulton were making headlines as Polish president Lech Kaczynski used footage of their wedding ceremony in Canada to illustrate why the Lisbon treaty was not such a good thing. The footage and display of the couple’s Canadian […]
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The Marriage Equality initiative was launched yesterday, I’ll have more later in the week on the issues raised by the campaign but I have some immediate thoughts and questions. The Civil Registration Act amendment move is one that has been called for before and it would be good to get an answer from Government that […]
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