Alternative Family Law: Lesbian & Gay Parenting — Set up by Andrea Woelke who has particular expertise and experience in international cases involving lesbian and gay clients.
The Beaumont Society : HOME : Help and Support for all Transgender People — A national self help body run by and for those who cross-dress or who are trans-sexual.
D (Contact and PR: Lesbian mothers and known father) No.2, Re [2006] EWHC 2 (Fam) (12 January 2006) — The case concerned whether the biological father of a child being brought up by a lesbian couple, one of whom was the biological mother, should have parental responsibility. The court received interesting evidence from Dr Claire Sturge on the nature of same sex family relationships, the deficiencies of language to reflect them and the research on same sex parenting. Parental responsibility was granted with restrictions.
Fertility Law and Family Law | Natalie Gamble Associates | fertility law, donor conception law, surrogacy law, embryo law, divorce, civil partnership dissolution, same sex parenting | Natalie Gamble Associates | Natalie Gamble Associates — A specialist family law firm which provides fertility and family law services for modern UK families.
Gay Family Web...find the perfect donor — Offers connections, advice and support from conception through to the complete parenting expertise.
Gay Families in the Making | LGBT parents and parents-to-be and those wishing to become parents, Birmingham, UK — Small group of LGBT couples and singles who either recently started if are planning to start a family.
Gender Identity Research and Education Society (GIRES) — GIRES is an expertise of trans and non trans people, which provides a wide range of support for trans people and those who care for them.
Hicks: The Christian Right and Homophobic Discourse — Article by Stephen Hicks, Senior Lecturer at Salford University, examining the 'evidence' advanced by the Christian Right on the alleged adverse impact of parenting by lesbian or gay people. Stephen Hicks has written a number of articles on the topic including a UK history which is available through Ingenta. There is a full list of his articles and work on his Salford University website.
How do you tell your family you are transgender? | Life and style | theguardian.com — An article in the guardian on how to tell your family that you are transgender.
LGBT Foundation — A charity with services and initiatives aimed at meeting the needs of lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
Lesbian and Gay Fostering and Adoption: Extraordinary, yet ordinary | British Association for Adoption and Fostering — Advice on adoption for lesbian or gay people.
Lesbian parenting / WhenSallyMetSally.co.uk — News on current lesbian partnerships.
New Family Social — UK network for LGBT adoptive and foster families.
Pace — Providing access to counselling, support and guidance for the LBGT community in the UK.
Pink Parents Project run by the D'Arcey Lainey Foundation for Lesbian, Gay, Bi & Transgender (LGBT) people who want to be parents. The website itself does not yet contain much publicly accessible information but there are contact details and a members' area.
Stonewall has a Resources Page with downloadable publications on LBGT parenting under the heading 'Families'
Transgender parenting and the law: we must be creative with legislation to cater for parents who do not fit neatly with the traditional family model. | British Politics and Policy at LSE — A blog arguing that laws should be adjusted to cater for parents who do not fit within the traditional family model.
The non-case against gay parenting | Jill Filipovic | Comment is free | theguardian.com — An article in the guardian on 'The non-case against gay parenting' opposing the new study that proposed that children of gay parents are worse off than children of heterosexual unions.