Florida State Senator Eleanor Sobel filed a statewide bill on January 9 that would allow citizens of the state to enter into domestic partnerships.  State Bill 196, which is known as the Families First bill, offers a way for non-married as well as LGBT couples to be legally recognized. As it stands currently in the [...]

The Miami Herald reported  last week a Florida judge approved the listing of three people on the birth certificate of 23-month-old girl. A lesbian couple, Maria Italiano and Cher Filippazzo, used professional fertility clinics in their effort to become pregnant, but all efforts failed.  They then asked a gay friend, Massimiliano Gerina, to donate sperm, and [...]

Last year, the vote to pass Orlando’s domestic partner registry was not only quick, but uneventful as well.  However, extending the registry to cover the whole county, turned into a tumultuous political battle.  On Friday when the vote was taken for the measure, neither the county commissioners nor Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs showed.  Nevertheless, [...]