Study Finds Wider View of ‘Family’
A majority of Americans now say their definition of family includes same-sex couples with children, as well as married gay and lesbian couples.
LGBT seniors more likely to be poor, isolated
A new report from Movement Advancement Project sheds light on stereotypes of senior members of the LGBT community. The report finds “LGBT elders are more likely to live in poverty, face social and community isolation, and lack appropriate health care and long-term care” according to a news release on the group’s Web site.
Thinking about adopting?
With more than 125,000 children adopted per year in the United States alone, and increasing acceptance of same-sex couples as parents, adoption has become a wonderful way to have a family. Ask any adopted adult and they will tell you of the profound experience that is adoption.
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A Cautionary Surrogacy Tale...
January 5, 2012 – By Arthur Leonard – Gay City News
Facing legal questions for which no New Jersey precedent yet existed, Superior Court Judge Francis B. Schultz, on December 13, awarded the father of twin girls conceived through gestational surrogacy sole custody of the...
Bias, Bullying, and Homophobia in Elementary Schools: Are Teachers Prepared?...
January 18, 2012 – Mombian.com
The media has been full of stories about bullying and its damaging effects—but most stories have centered around middle-school and high-school students. Less has been said of bullying in elementary schools. A new study from the Gay, Lesbian,...
Why Gay Parents May Be the Best Parents...
By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience.com – Mon, Jan 16, 2012
Gay marriage, and especially gay parenting, has been in the cross hairs in recent days.
On Jan. 6, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told a New Hampshire audience that children are better off with a father in prison...
In the News
Virginia To Consider Opposing Gay Adoption Bills
By On Top Magazine Staff
Published: January 22, 2012
Virginia lawmakers are set to consider opposing gay adoption bills, the AP reported.
Democratic Senator Adam Ebbin is the sponsor of a bill that would bar the state from funding adoption agencies which discriminate against foster or adoptive parents based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
“One major issue is whether charities that receive tax dollars should be able to discriminate,” Ebbin said. “Adoption is a public act that goes through state courts, and no government...
In the News
I.R.S. Denying Lesbians Legitimate Adoption Credit
New York Times
December 13, 2011
By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD
Since the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriage, such couples are viewed as strangers in many spheres of their financial lives. They need to file separate federal tax returns, for instance. And sometimes, that can come with certain advantages.
Take the adoption tax credit. If you adopt your spouse’s child, you cannot claim the credit. But since same-sex married couples are not considered spouses under federal law, they are permitted to use the credit...
New Family Story
The new normal: Stay-at-home Dads and gay parents
By Deborah Skolnik, Parenting.com
updated 12:10 PM EST, Wed November 30, 2011
CNN.com — There was a time when gay parents and single adoptive mothers were unheard of, but the new norm is that almost anything works well as long as there’s a dedicated adult and plenty of love
Christopher Fraley, 42, and Victor Self, 41, Parents of 20-month-old Coco
Christopher Fraley and Victor Self have been married three times — to each other. They first exchanged vows in St. Barts in 2008, and again in South Africa on their honeymoon. Then this past summer, on July 24, 2011, they became the first same-sex couple in Rye, New York, to legally wed. Coco, their daughter, was right by their side.
Fraley and Self met in 2003. “I saw kids in my life, and Chris...
