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Mass Protest in Paris Over Same-Sex Marriage Legislation
Organizers insist they are not homophobic. Nearly 500,000 demonstrators took to the streets of Paris, France, to protest a new law the Socialist government plans to enact this year that would give...
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Our Journey to Adoption as a Gay Couple
Matthew and Trey recount the hurdles and setbacks they’ve encountered on the road to being approved as adoptive parents. Gay adoption has made huge strides over the last few years. Gay families are...
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GOP Co-Sponsor of DOMA Has Change of Heart After Son Comes Out as Gay
So after two years and much prayer, Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has decided to change his mind regarding the issue of gay marriage. You see, two years ago Senator Portman’s son, who is now a junior...
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12-Year-Old With Two Dads Writes Moving Letter to Justice Roberts
Daniel Martinez-Leffew, “articulately spells how his family will be affected if Prop 8 is allowed to stand.” With the Supreme Court set to hear cases on both DOMA, and California’s Proposition 8, the...
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NEW STUDY: For Adopted Children, Parents Relationship With Each Other More...
Another study finds that good parenting is just good parenting, no matter what the sexual orientation of the parents. A New UMass Amherst study released this week found that adopted children are not...
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Italy is the Only Country in the World That Russia Will Allow to Adopt...
Due to restrictions against same-sex couples, Italy is the only country in the world that can adopt children from Russia. — This post originally appeared at ThinkProgress By Zack Ford Earlier this...
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In Our Gay Family, Two Little Best Friends Became Brothers
Best friends, best brothers. — RSVP to join weekly calls on Conscious Intersectionality — Rob Watson and his partner planned to raise a boy and a girl. You know what they say about plans… Some of...
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Gay Adoption Challenges: As Rights Grow, So Do Obstacles
Adopting a child internationally is difficult. Being married men and trying to adopt a child from Russia is on a whole different level. Here’s the story of Demyan Martyushev and Mikhail Shishko. — By...
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A Gay Father’s Experience With Foster Adoption
Ted Peterson of The Next Family and his partner Ian share their experience of becoming foster parents and discuss the scars that can run deep in foster children. — My partner Ian and I did an...
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“Two and a Half Men” Gay Adoption Plot: A Good Laugh or Just Laughable?
Brent Almond argues that an upcoming gay adoption subplot on the popular CBS sitcom is an insulting dismissal of the reality of same-sex adoption in the United States. — It was reported late last week...
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What Happens When Children From Same Sex Parent Homes Speak Out
Anti-gay conservatives often refer to children raised by same sex parents as “social experiments.” They are not experiments; they are human beings, and human beings with voices. Here is what those...
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Meet the Dad Who Fought to be One of Florida’s First Gay Adoptive Parents and...
Becoming a dad was not easy for Robert Lamarche. To do it, he had to fight the state and gain recognition for himself and want-to-be dads like him. Here is an interview with him, and his story. —...
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It’s Him
Embed from Getty Images — It’s Him Henry Amador-Batten, Durham, NC From Dads Behaving DADLY 2: 72 More Truths, Tears, and Triumphs of Modern Fatherhood Copyright © 2015 Motivational Press. Reprinted...
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They Are Our Kids and They Were Purposely Chosen
When Gregory first met his husband, their first date conversation quickly turned to raising a family and their mutual desire to have kids. Before long, they were living together and exploring the...
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After Tough Adoption Process
Fred and his husband began the discussion of having children not long after they got married. Though their first two adoption rounds seemed promising, they both ultimately ended in a crushing failure....
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