Are LGBTQ Families Okay in OK?




The Takeaway show

Summary: <p>LGBTQ activists Kris Williams and Rebekah Wilson got married in 2019. In August of that year, Kris and Rebekah welcomed a baby boy into their family, and both women were recorded as mother and mother on the birth certificate. After two years, however, the couple divorced, and Rebekah petitioned the court to remove Kris from their son’s birth certificate. Oklahoma County Judge Lynne McGuire ruled in favor of removing Kris’s name from the birth certificate stating that Kris should have adopted her own son. Last week, Judge McGuire reversed her decision and recognized Kris Williams as a legal parent. We speak with Toby Jenkins, CEO and executive director of <a href="https://twitter.com/okeq">Oklahomans for Equality</a> about this ruling and what it means for LGBTQ parents and all non-gestational parents in Oklahoma.</p>