Aaron Vaughn, Web Producer FOX 13 News 11:24 a.m. MST, January 25, 2012 SALT LAKE CITY— If passed, Sen. Ross Romero’s Adoption by a Co-parent Bill would allow gay couples, or any unmarried couple living together, to adopt. “Some people may not want to marry or some people may not be able to marry, so this could apply with equal force if they were sisters,” says Romero, giving a hypothetical example. “One sister moved in with...

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 two five-year-olds. That ruling came despite the court having earlier ruled that the surrogacy contract signed ahead of their birth was void as a matter of state law....

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,”...

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, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), however, shows that such bullying does exist—including bullying and teasing based on homophobia and gender-nonconformity. Those...

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 than being raised in a home with lesbian parents and no father at all. And last Monday (Jan. 9), Pope Benedict called gay marriage a threat “to the future of...