By Julie Bolcer - Advocate.com, 6.23.10 The Dignity for All Students Act, which would protect LGBT students from bullying and harassment in schools, passed the New York state senate Tuesday evening after years of effort. Governor David Paterson is expected to sign the bill into law, which would mark the first time gender identity and expression are included in state law. Senators approved DASA by a bipartisan vote of 58-3 late Tuesday night after...

By Candace Chellew-Hodge – 6.21.10 When President Obama issued his statement this past weekend in recognition of Father’s Day, he mentioned one class of fathers that no other president before him has acknowledged: gay dads. Nurturing families come in many forms, and children may be raised by a father and mother, a single father, two fathers, a stepfather, a grandfather, or caring guardian. His acknowledgement of the labor of love two...

June 16, 2010 Television Review | ‘Google Baby’   By GINIA BELLAFANTE   Way back when, during the final decades of the last century, if a woman had a hard time conceiving, she saved her dollars by the tens of thousands and passed them over to a clinic specializing in assisted reproductive technology. She might then shoot herself with stimulants and have her eggs retrieved, fertilized and implanted, hoping that science and the gods of...

Supporters of Proposition 8 have made child-rearing a focus of the trial. But no other group is prohibited from marrying because of parental abilities, or lack thereof. June 16, 2010 – LATimes.com It wasn’t surprising that the federal trial on Proposition 8 in January confirmed that the same-sex marriage ban is destructive to family life and discriminatory toward a group that has historically been subject to abuse. What did surprise us:...

Jun. 05, 2010 BY LEE LOGAN Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau When voters choose from among five candidates to be Florida’s next attorney general, their decision could have a profound effect on some of the state’s most highly charged issues, from gay adoption to healthcare reform. Florida’s unique gay adoption ban underscores how the state’s chief legal officer can use the position to advance a personal philosophy while adhering...

Vanity Fair by Juli Weiner June 7, 2010 A 20-year study, the results of which were released today, has found that children raised by lesbian parents “have fewer social problems, and less aggressive and rule breaking behaviors than other teens,” according to an article on U.S. News and World Report’s health blog. And “even in homes where the lesbian parents had split up, the researchers found that those teens still fared better than teens...