#tammy family

[mauricetheworm]

[muppetcube]

I think if the Usher family had just taken edibles together everything would've turned out fine

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed a law on Monday that adds crucial protections for LGBTQ+ couples using fertility treatments to build a family.

The Michigan Family Protection Act includes a series of provisions to protect families of all kinds. Most notably for the LGBTQ+ community, it changes “outdated state law to treat LGBTQ+ families equally and eliminate the need for them to go through a costly and invasive process to get documentation confirming their parental status,” as a press release from the governor’s office explains, adding that “Even if they move to a state that does not respect these basic rights, these bills help ensure they cannot be denied their relationship to their child.”

The law also repeals a law that made Michigan the only state in the country to criminalize surrogacy contracts; increases protections for surrogates, parents, and children; ensures equal legal treatment of children born through surrogacy and assisted reproduction; and streamlines the process for families to establish legal connections to their children.

“The Michigan Family Protection Act takes commonsense, long-overdue action to repeal Michigan’s ban on surrogacy, protect families formed by IVF, and ensure LGBTQ+ parents are treated equally,” Gov. Whitmer said in a statement. “Your family’s decisions should be up to you, and my legislative partners and I will keep fighting like hell to protect reproductive freedom in Michigan and make our state the best place to start, raise, and grow your family.”

Stephanie Jones, founder of the Michigan Fertility Alliance, called the legislation “an incredible victory for all Michigan families formed through assisted reproduction, including IVF and surrogacy, and for LGBTQ+ families.”

The press release also acknowledged the attacks on reproductive rights taking place across the country, most notably the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade and the 2024 Alabama Supreme Court’s declaration that embryos created through IVF have the same legal rights as children.

“As other states seek to restrict IVF, ban abortion, and make it harder to start a family, Michigan is supporting women and protecting reproductive freedoms for everyone,” the release stated.

One fierce advocate, Tammy Myers, has been fighting for the decriminalization of surrogacy in the state for the past four years. She told 7 Action News, “The tipping point, I think, is seeing that rights are being taken across the nation and we all need to fight for reproductive freedom.”

Polly Crozier, director of family advocacy at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), added in a statement, “Michigan has shown us what strengthening families should look like in 2024: making it more possible for people to fulfill their dreams of building a family and more accessible for all families, including LGBTQ+ families, to obtain the safety and stability that comes with legal parentage.”

“Amid efforts to restrict Americans’ reproductive freedom and roll back protections for LGBTQ+ people and their families, the Michigan Family Protection Act is an inspiring example for other states where gaps in parentage laws leave families vulnerable.”

[awkward-toons]

Bobs Burgers? I hardly know her! (I am in love with this show)

[losingeverysouls]

You guys may or may not watch a Bollywood movie named Happy New Year but I must tell you, they’re Six of Crows but Indian version.

With some differences, of course.

[btxtyuri]

so in the novel william didn't recognize who mike was by his last name but i guess because of some other information he saw in the file?? it's good that they changed it, otherwise it would too confusing and this flows way better but i wonder what he saw there that made him act like that

[bird-likes-to-fandom]

rtc theme park idea

ofc there's the cyclone

karnak greets all the visitors and reads their fortunes as part of the admission process

the six all have rides themed to their songs + their favorite rides permanently fixed there

jane's coaster is called the Decapitator and the gift shop sells little headless dolls. The Decapitator is TERRIFYING and hurts people's necks.

Constance has a coaster called the Sugar Cloud (with a snack shack nearby called the Sugar Cloud Cafe) and has lots of loops and is generally really fun and a family favorite.

Noel's got a tavern called the Boozy Floozy Flashing Light Tavern (it's shortened by locals and regulars) and the tallest coaster in the with intricate painted circus/fair details on the cart called the Neverending Carnival. When you ride it you can see the whole park. People say getting off the Neverending Carnival makes them feel drunk.

Ricky's got a Zolar themed story-packed coaster like silver dollar city's Fire in the Hole and the gift shop sells comics about Zolar.

Mischa has one coaster that's a thrill ride that plays rap music while you wait in line, and another that plays Ukrainian folk music that is more of a scenic ride. (the guide on the coaster tells a story of two lovers tragically torn apart as they ride)

Ocean's coaster is a kiddie coaster called the Headline Maker. There's a theater in kiddieland that puts on the improv scenarios and teaches kids moral lessons.

[snowshinobi]

nothing gets me like a character with overt flower symbolism ESPECIALLY self-inflicted

[mintmentos]

Finished my second playthrough and I’m so in love with this game

[dilfgifs]

TY BURRELL starring as Phil Dunphy (+ his coffee mug) MODERN FAMILY S06E12 | 'The Big Guns'

[mauricetheworm]

[bl-bam-beyond]

LOVE IN TRANSLATION (2023, THAILAND)

Episode 5

After Yang (PITTAYA SAECHUA aka DAOU) kissed him, Phumjai (KANTAPON JINDATAWEEPHOL aka OFFROAD) ran away for a conversation with his friends.

However that night before he could turn off his brain and go to sleep he revisited his date with Yang (the practice date)

His feelings unclear he decides to sleep but the next morning his nerves were as fresh and new as the day it all happened. Lingering in the parking lot of the supermarket business he shares with Yang he could not go in. Until his friend and co-worker/employee/his older brother's secret boyfriend Tag ushers him in. Where he soon comes face to face with "Phi Yang"

@pose4photoml @lutawolf @wanderlust-in-my-soul

[trapezequeen]

Endless KC Cooper (Part 7/♾️)

“Is there something different in here, like new pillows or fresh flowers?

[shadessallow]

HALLOWEEN COSTUMES PART 2

Also...I'm planning on creating a bigger comic about these two, because A DEMONIC LITTLE GIRL AND AN AUTISTIC DEAD GIRL? I NEED THEM TO BE BESTIES.

And yes their costumes are from the addams family, my friend suggested that! (@jaszczurr hi bestie)

[rubyvroom]

I gotta say though, the idea that country music wasn't regressive and ultraconservative until after 9/11 is a little bit revisionist history. Just from living through it in real time, it had the exact same reputation in my peer group as being flag and beer republican music well before that*. It got a lot WORSE after 9/11 but that's not where it started. And just look at any history of Nashville and the Grand Ole Opry. As far as I can tell it was a long process of change from radical progressive roots to reactionary conservatism that accelerated alongside Reaganism and evangelical politics -- but I'm sure a bigger country music fan than I could trace this in detail.

*I wasn't a city dweller either, I lived in the farmlands through the 90s. We still preferred rock music.