# @pinknews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRfLAvPilyi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37357225-pinknews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9b09a02fdc.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-11-25T17:01:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PinkNews (@pinknews) — https://gondola.cc/pinknews

## Caption

A couple from Jersey are celebrating after a new law passed which means they can now both officially appear on their son's birth certificate.

The law, which passed on November 24, means that same-sex couples can both appear on their child's birth certificate.

Previously, only one could appear, meaning they had fewer legal rights than mixed-sex couples.

In an interview with the BBC, Jen Hopley said: "We are both parents - he is DNA and he's my egg – but, because I didn't carry him, I wasn't a parent. Now I get to be a parent."

Her partner Sarah added: "I think for Jen to be legally recognised as his parent and have the same responsibilities as all other parents is just really nice."

#LGBTQNews #LGBTQJoy #SameSexParents

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- **Likes:** 4,641
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- **Comments:** 41

## Tags

lgbtqjoy, samesexparents, lgbtqnews

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