In Texas: Gay Fathers are Denied Legal Parenthood of their Sons

I think y'all have heard about this horrible story.

Jason Hanna and Joe Riggs are the biological fathers of twin sons Lucas and Ethan. The babies were carried a surrogate who has no biological connection to the baby boys. So you would think that the fathers would be on the birth certificate, right?

Nope, wrong! In Texas, they will not be recognized.

Since the Lone Star start doesn't recognize same sex marriages, the rules are all over the place and the loopholes are wild and free. A judge could make up their own decisions based on stupid facts or logic. In this case, the judge decided that Jason and Joe could not be on their kids' birth certificate as a father, however the surrogate mother is on the birth certificate!

Really, Texas? After everything that has happened with bans being dropped, they still act like that? My heart goes out to Jason and Joe. I hope that the government gets involved. And by government, I mean HOLDER!

New Study: Gay Dads' Brain Activity Pattern mirrors both New Mothers and Fathers

A new study reveals that gay fathers' brain activity changes as they raise children. In fact, their brain activity resembles that of both new mothers and new fathers.

But what does that mean? Here's more:

The 48 gay fathers raising children with their husbands seemed to be both mom and dad, brain-wise. Their emotional circuits were as active as those of mothers and the interpretive circuits showed the same extra activity as that of heterosexual fathers'.

Ideally, scientists would perform neuroimaging on men and women before and then after they became parents, to show definitely that any heightened activity followed junior's arrival and was not present before. Until they can do that, Feldman said, she is confident that the telltale brain activity results from parenting.

One clue: in gay fathers, but not heterosexual ones, the brain also had extra communication lines between emotional and cognitive structures. The more time a man spent as primary caregiver, the greater the connectivity. It was as if playing both parental roles caused the brain to integrate the structures required for each.

"Fathers' brains are very plastic," Feldman said. "When there are two fathers, their brains must recruit both networks, the emotional and cognitive, for optimal parenting."

I think this is fascinating.

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