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Dolce&Gabbana react to firestorm over support for ‘traditional’ families
The designers, under growing social media pressure, issued a statement Sunday saying their comments supporting "traditional families" with a mother and a father weren't intended to judge the choices...
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A gay dad’s open letter to Dolce and Gabbana
Dolce and Gabbana are not Ben and Jerry. Ben and Jerry make ice cream fashionable, Dolce and Gabbana make icy fashions. Ben and Jerry are sweetly pro-LGBT and marriage equality. Dolce and Gabbana are...
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Celebrities join Elton John’s call for Dolce & Gabbana boycott
Several celebrities have joined the boycott bandwagon launched by Elton John after fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana criticized same-sex parents and the use of in vitro fertilization.
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Couple files lawsuit against state of Utah over same-sex parentage rights
Angie and Kami Roe say in the lawsuit filed Monday that hospital staff refused to take their birth certificate paperwork in February, and Utah officials said one mother must adopt the baby as a...
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Florida Legislature repeals 38‑year‑old state ban on gay adoption
Florida's nearly four-decades old ban on gay adoption - which has already been struck down by the courts and is no longer enforced - could be repealed under a bill now headed to the governor's desk.
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French court OKs adoption by lesbian partners
A French court has authorized four lesbian women to adopt children born to their wives abroad through artificial insemination.
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Arizona governor directs state agency to allow same-sex couples to be...
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is instructing a state agency to allow all legally married couples, including same-sex couples, to jointly be adoptive and foster parents.
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Obama calls for end to discriminatory parenting laws
When President Obama declared May National Foster Care Month, he used words never before included in a White House proclamation about adoption.
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Two moms, 10 kids: blending family in a same-sex marriage
In a changing world, the face of motherhood has also changed for two St. George, Utah, women.
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A ‘reality check’ for the Regnerus study on gay parenting
Three years ago, against the strong consensus of social scientists and professional child-welfare groups, University of Texas sociologist Mark Regnerus concluded that children of gay parents fare worse...
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Gillibrand to introduce legislation to prohibit anti-LGBT adoption bias
The Every Child Deserves a Family Act would prohibit any entity that receives federal funds from discriminating against adoptive or foster parents based on sexual orientation, gender identity or...
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Gay couple who always wanted to be dads now adopting their 7th child, a gay teen
Right from the start of their relationship, Eric Charles-Gallo and Louis Gallo of Kansas City, Missouri, knew they wanted to be dads.
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As same-sex marriage becomes more widely accepted, ranks of gay dads increase
More so than heterosexual couples or lesbians, who can bear their own children, gay men face high hurdles en route to parenthood. The main avenues open to them - adoption or surrogacy - can be costly...
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Does every kid really need a mother and a father?
You hear it all the time from anti-gay groups... but what does the science say about same-sex parents?
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Officials: Nebraska birth certificates changing to list same-sex spouses
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has quietly changed state policy and plans to list the names of both same-sex spouses on their children's birth certificates.
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Couples press for end to Mississippi’s last-in-the-nation gay adoption ban
Four lesbian couples pressed a federal judge on Friday to overturn the ban, but lawyers for the state argued the lawsuit should be tossed out.
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Oklahoma high court reinstates same-sex couple’s parenting lawsuit
The Oklahoma Supreme Court said it is in the child's best interest to grant the non-biological parent a hearing to explore custody and visitation rights.
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Decision finally made in Arkansas birth certificate lawsuit
Arkansas health officials are "holding off" on giving certificates to any same-sex couple that wasn't directly involved in the suit.
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Massachusetts court to hear gay parental rights case
The same state court that paved the way for same-sex marriage in the U.S. is now being asked to decide a complicated case about the parental rights of a once-partnered but unmarried gay couple.
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Mom’s perfect response after stranger ridicules her son’s Elsa dress
"Because he doesn't understand the gender stereotypes YOU think he should conform to, but most importantly because he is awesome!!"
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Hey, Ben Carson: watch these proud dads of trans kids explain it all
In talking about his family’s journey, one dad says, "This is a family transition, and that’s what it needs to be."
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Go for a smoke? New study says most teens lighting up are queer or questioning
Researchers found gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning teenagers smoked more than those who said they were straight. Trans teens were inexplicably left out.
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A Guide to Inclusive Gender-Neutral Family Terms
As more LGBTQ+ people marry and have families, they’re welcoming a growing number of nonbinary, gender-neutral, and gender-expansive relatives. But the titles used for relatives tend to be...
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Starbucks’ heartwarming new ad shows dad embracing trans daughter
Starbucks India has released a heartwarming ad that shows two parents accepting their transgender daughter. The two-minute ad, part of Starbucks India’s “It Starts With Your Name” campaign, begins with...
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The FDA may soon end its ban on gay & bi sperm donations
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning a proposal to end its rule forbidding sperm donations from any men who have had sex with other men (MSM) during the last five years. Instead of a...
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