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'Pregnant Man' Plans To Appeal Divorce Decision

AP | JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 04.02.2013 | Divorce

PHOENIX -- A transgender Arizona man whose divorce request was rejected after his marriage was declared invalid plans to keep trying to get his 9-year...

Pregnant Man Plans To Respond To Divorce Denial

AP | Posted 04.02.2013 | Divorce

PHOENIX -- A transgender man whose divorce request was rejected by an Arizona judge is expected to comment for the first time Tuesday on the ruling th...

'Pregnant Man's' Divorce Rejected

AP | PAUL DAVENPORT and FELICIA FONSECA | Posted 03.29.2013 | Divorce

PHOENIX — An Arizona judge on Friday refused to grant a divorce for a transgender Arizona man who gave birth to three children after beginning t...

WATCH: Enough About Marriage Equality -- What About Gay Divorce?

Posted 02.28.2013 | Gay Voices

The national battle for same-sex marriage is more intense than ever, with high-profile Republicans like actor-director Clint Eastwood and former GOP p...

Tears Dry On Their Own

Alvin Lopez-Woods | Posted 03.05.2013 | Gay Voices
Alvin Lopez-Woods

The most blindsided curveball of the year: the demise of my marriage. Spending the holiday season alone in a new apartment solidified that reality. Last Christmas was all about starting "Lopez-Woods" holiday traditions that would last a lifetime. This Christmas...

More Drama In 'Pregnant Man' Divorce

AP | JACQUES BILLEAUD | Posted 01.02.2013 | Divorce

PHOENIX -- An Arizona man who garnered national media attention for giving birth to three children after having a sex-change operation has hit a snag ...

The 10 Questions You Should Answer Before Entering Into Same-Sex Marriage

Rob Watson | Posted 01.13.2013 | Gay Voices
Rob Watson

As my Republican mother ungraciously asked me, "Why do you write in favor of gay marriage so much when you blew your own?" She is wrong. Gay marriage is right. But she is right that although I worked hard on mine, it did go wrong. So here my lessons from that.

The Depressing Thing Same-Sex Couples Need To Know Before Tying The Knot

Kevin Chern | Posted 12.23.2012 | Divorce
Kevin Chern

Some same-sex couples get married in states where it's legal and then move to states where it's not. What happens if they decide to divorce? What are the legal requirements, and how do they affect gay couples who find themselves in this situation? The legalities are complex.

Maintaining The Sanctity Of Gay Marriage

David Gorshein | Posted 09.26.2012 | Gay Voices
David Gorshein

While "gay-wedding fatigue" and citations of gay divorce are fodder for haters, I am not worried about a backlash to these accounts specifically. But I am concerned over the implications of an unequal playing field. It seems we hold lesbian and gay marriages to a higher standard.

Gay Divorce Recognized In New State

AP | BRIAN WITTE | Posted 07.18.2012 | Politics

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland's highest court ruled Friday that same-sex couples can divorce in the state even though Maryland does not yet permit s...

Why Gay Marrieds Still Face An Uphill Battle

Richard Komaiko | Posted 07.09.2012 | Divorce
Richard Komaiko

Obama's support of same-sex marriage brings gay rights proponents one step closer to the dream of equality in marriage, but it also raises important questions about the legality of gay divorce.

Secrets Of A (Gay) Marriage

Aly Windsor | Posted 07.01.2012 | Gay Voices
Aly Windsor

Because of our sexuality we felt additional pressure to appear publicly unbreakable. We knew that people in our own families, as well as many more strangers, would be pleased to see us, a queer couple with a young baby, break up. It made me sick to give those people that satisfaction.

Gay Divorce Bill Passes D.C. Council Vote

AP | Posted 03.06.2012 | DC

WASHINGTON -- City council members in the nation's capital have given final approval to a bill to make easier for gay and lesbian couples who marry in...

I'm Getting A Legal Same-Sex Divorce

Isobel White | Posted 04.18.2012 | Gay Voices
Isobel White

Last week's Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Prop. 8 brought joy and jubilation, and for at least one Californian in a same-sex marriage, a profound sense of disconnect. Why? Because I am getting a divorce.

What Divorce Taught Me About Marriage

Emma Wilhelm | Posted 04.10.2012 | Divorce
Emma Wilhelm

In order to get divorced, I traveled back to the Midwestern college town where I'd lived for a year with my soon-to-be ex. I hadn't put down substantial roots there in a year's time, but I'd made some friends, including a nice couple from my church who let me stay with them for a few nights.

LA's First Gay Married Couple Announces Divorce

Posted 02.09.2012 | Los Angeles

Roughly one in every two marriages ends in divorce. So where there are gay marriages, there will be gay divorces. Unfortunately, today is a sad one...

Gay Divorce: How the Collaborative Family Law Model Can Help Parting LGBT Couples

Angie Bain | Posted 03.28.2012 | Gay Voices
Angie Bain

One of the many unjust results of a state legal system that refuses to recognize and validate a same-sex marriage or civil union is the absence of a binding structure and system for dissolving a fractured same-sex couple.

Same-Sex Divorce Bill Advances In D.C. Council

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.12.2012 | DC

WASHINGTON -- As Maryland lawmakers prepare to tackle the issue of marriage equality in new legislative session, the District of Columbia is thinking ...

Seduced by a Love Story

Robert Levithan | Posted 01.28.2012 | Gay Voices
Robert Levithan

A couple of weeks ago, a charming man on Facebook suggested that we meet for a drink, and I accepted. That drink turned into an instant committed relationship. Why am I surprised that now we are discussing what went awry?

Same-Sex Divorce Barrier Lifted In CA Courts

Frederick Hertz | Posted 12.12.2011 | Divorce
Frederick Hertz

One of the nastiest dimensions of the battle over same-sex marriage has been the lack of access to divorce courts for same-sex married couples that reside in non-recognition states.

Why Being Gay May Mean You're Doomed In A Divorce

Joseph E. Cordell | Posted 10.17.2011 | Divorce
Joseph E. Cordell

In today's world, with a growth in diversity and a growing acceptance of equality in society, it is not uncommon for one of the divorcing parties in a...

Think Legalizing Gay Marriage Was Hard? Try Gay Divorce

npr.org | Posted 09.19.2011 | Divorce

As thousands of gay and lesbian couples are planning weddings in New York -- and celebrating their hard-fought right to marry -- others around the nat...

My Struggle For Gay Divorce

nytimes.com | KAREN HARTMAN | Posted 09.14.2011 | Divorce

I'VE never had perfect timing. When New York finally legalized same-sex marriage last month, I had just gotten out of my lesbian union and married a g...

Gay Marriage, Gay Parents: What About the Children?

Elizabeth Abbott | Posted 09.13.2011 | New York
Elizabeth Abbott

Legalizing gay marriage has opened the floodgates of impassioned debate about gay parenting. There's one thing it's difficult to dispute: the children of gay parents are not victims.

Argentina's First Same-Sex Divorce

AP | Posted 08.16.2011 | Divorce

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina is about to have its first gay divorce, not quite a year after a groundbreaking law legalized homosexual marriage...