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Momo, Momo, Tsos
Momo, Momo, Tsos
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When Momo was only nine years old, he returned home to find his parents and his six sisters and four brothers had been killed in their own home. Sometime after that, he and his uncle left Somalia together to live in Yemen. He stayed in Yemen until he was sixteen, but when things became unsafe there, he moved to Libya. He had hoped to get on a boat in Libya to go somewhere for a new life, but he was thrown in prison instead. He was harassed and told to ask his family to send money so that he could …
The Co-Evolution Of Marriage And Parental Rights Of Gays And Lesbians, Lisa M. Chauveron, Ariel Alvarez, Bradley Van Eeden-Moorefield
The Co-Evolution Of Marriage And Parental Rights Of Gays And Lesbians, Lisa M. Chauveron, Ariel Alvarez, Bradley Van Eeden-Moorefield
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Historically, federal and state legislation placed different conditions on same- and opposite-sex couples' ability to marry, adopt, or exercise their parental rights. Given the historical intertwining of marriage and parenting, legal issues remain hinged on differing conceptions of marriage and what constitutes a legal family in the United States, especially for same-sex partners compared to their different-sexed couple counterparts. This article provides a historical review of decisions that serve as the foundation for queer parenting rights in the United States. A key focus is on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) marriage decision on queer …