When starting our journey to parenthood, our focus was on the result. Every obstacle and required task put us one step closer to becoming dads. Everyone believes that we became dads the day we met Harper. The truth is you are not officially parents until adoption finalization. In February 2014, we had reached the […]
By-Trey Darnell The equality movement is chugging along like a freight train with the lights on and the horn blaring. Living in the south, we are well aware that our home state is resisting change and pushing back with anti-gay legislation. After becoming a brand new family of three, waiting for marriage equality in Tennessee […]
By-Trey Darnell Monday August 19, 2013 started just like any other Monday for Matthew and I. It was business as usual and we were still anxiously counting down the days until the arrival of Baby T-Rex. Travel plans were being finalized, and the last days of work were being scheduled. Only 23 days until the […]
In Tennessee, gay couples can’t adopt, right? Well, it’s not that simple. The process for GLBT couples is often long, with extra and often invisible hurdles. While a heterosexual couple can adopt as a couple, one member of a same-sex couple must adopt as a single parent. A second legal process secures guardianship for the second parent. Further, […]
