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posted Wednesday, June 29, 2016
I was on the Pride Toronto website recently and read that “February 5, 2016, marks the 35th anniversary of Toronto’s infamous Bathhouse Raids, the catalyst for Pride in our city.” During the bathhouse raids hundreds of people were arrested and subject to violence, not to mention outed which also had devastating consequences for many. The […]
posted Friday, April 8, 2016
You may have come across an article recently about a transgendered man feeling mistreated at a fertility clinic. He reported being called “she” and feeling degraded for a multitude of reasons. Although no one can undo the humiliation that this individual felt, as a health lawyer who regularly works with both fertility clinics and patients […]
posted Wednesday, February 24, 2016
As a lawyer who helps create families through egg/sperm donation and surrogacy, I have had some clients ask me about the impact of Bill 137 – Cy and Ruby’s Act (Parental Recognition), 2015 – on their family-building. So without further ado, here is a brief overview of Cy and Ruby’s Act. This is a bill […]
posted Wednesday, December 23, 2015
The New Year is a time for reflections and resolutions. On that note, I decided to reflect on my PinkPlay blogs from 2015 and see if I could discern any themes that could become the basis for a New Years’ resolution. It didn’t take long to realize that many of my blogs this year had […]
posted Tuesday, November 3, 2015
It is now more affordable to make a baby… As of December 2015 the Ontario government will start to pay for one round of IVF for people with infertility, which includes people who cannot conceive naturally due to sexual orientation (i.e. “non-medical infertility”). This is great news because many same-sex couples cannot become parents due […]
posted Monday, September 28, 2015
Ontario parents who are not part of a traditional nuclear family can face problems filling out government forms. The example I see most often is with birth registrations, which arises in my surrogacy law practice. Even though a birth certificate can list two parents of the same sex, the birth registration form is not so […]
posted Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Last month I blogged about a historic ruling in the United States legalizing same-sex marriage, and this month I am pleased to report similar developments in Europe. Italy does not allow same-sex couples to marry or enter into civil unions. To the frustration of many, attempts at introducing legislation have been procedurally blocked by the […]
posted Thursday, July 9, 2015
You likely heard about the historic ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States in June 2015 striking down laws prohibiting same-sex marriage. I suspect most of you have read only the media publications on the decision, so I thought it might be interesting to look at the written decision of the Court and […]
posted Sunday, June 7, 2015
As Pride Week returns for another year, I find myself thinking specifically about seniors. In response to the recent Ireland same-sex marriage referendum, an older woman from Ireland, who was critical of the outcome, was quoted in the media about how she feels young people these days have lost their way. Her comment reminded me […]
posted Sunday, May 3, 2015
In February it was reported that a U.S. pediatrician refused to treat a child because her mothers were lesbians. The same thing happened to a Winnipeg couple in 2009, annd over the years many others have likely experienced similar discrimination, though the stories are often not shared publicly. The first paper I ever published was […]
