Lesbian couple appeals order removing their foster child By 365gay Newscenter Staff 03.11.2009 4:39pm EDT (Charleston, West Virginia) The West Virginia Supreme Court was asked Wednesday to overturn a lower court ruling that removed a child they had reared from birth because the judge wanted the child placed with a married, opposite-sex couple. Fayette Circuit Judge Paul Blake originally agreed to allow Kathyrn Kutil and Cheryl Hess be foster parents...

By 365gay Newscenter Staff 03.10.2009 1:02pm EDT (Burlington, Vermont) Vermont mental health professionals are backing legislation to allow same-sex couples to marry. The Vermont Psychiatric Association, the Vermont Psychological Association, the Vermont Mental Health Counselor Association and the Vermont chapter of the National Association of Social Workers said in a joint statement that arguments by opponents of same-sex marriage who claim it is...

Kentucky anti-gay adoption bill advances By 365gay Newscenter Staff 03.06.2009 3:09pm EST (Frankfort, Kentucky) Legislation that would bar unmarried couples in Kentucky from adopting or fostering children has passed a key committee and now advances to a vote on the floor of the Senate. The measure states that anyone “cohabitating with a sexual partner outside of marriage” cannot be considered as a foster or adoptive parent. Although the bill affects...

http://www.theafa.org/resources/lgbt_professional_network/all/category/attorney/ The American Fertility Association (The AFA) believes that the road to parenthood isn’t always straight. As the nation’s leading patient advocacy organization, The AFA is dedicated to educating and supporting all men and women concerned with family building – including hopeful lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) parents. The AFA’s LGBT Professional...

http://www.proudparenting.com/node/2230 Mon, 11/17/2008 “In fact,” says Circle’s president John Weltman, “while surrogacy was untouched by recent ballot measures, it is benefiting from growing public acceptance and awareness as a viable and safe method for gay men to become parents. This is particularly true since international and domestic adoptions have become more difficult to accomplish.” The recent disappointments in Arizona, Florida,...

Just Being Parents Same-sex couples find options in adoption and foster parenting http://www.justout.com/news.aspx?id=4 by Heather Cassell Since the ’90s, visibility has been given to the gay community’s slice of the American dream—the lavender house with two kids strapped into the eco-friendly SUV, headed on the queer family vacation package. “I’ve been extremely impressed by the caliber of parenting I see from our gay and lesbian clients,”...