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Gay Couple Sues Health Club Claiming It Won't Recognize Them As A Family

Posted 07.05.2012 | Gay Voices

Two Virginia-based gay men are suing an area health club after denying their son access to a swimming pool and stripping them of a family membership a...

Why I Fired My Mormon Handyman

Cheryl Dumesnil | Posted 09.01.2012 | Gay Voices
Cheryl Dumesnil

I've done my fair share of welcoming strangers into my home, not knowing how they will react when they see our kiss-the-bride wedding portrait hanging on the wall. For all my nervousness, though, none of these encounters had broken badly. And then we met Dick.

LGBT Parenting Rights And The Courts

Carlos A. Ball | Posted 08.27.2012 | Gay Voices
Carlos A. Ball

What is ultimately at stake in LGBT parenting cases is not the rights of adults but the well-being of children. It should be obvious that legally denying an entire category of children the opportunity to have two legal parents undermines rather than promotes their best interests.

It Takes a Village (and a Ladder)

Cheryl Dumesnil | Posted 06.22.2012 | Good News
Cheryl Dumesnil

B is stuck in a tree. For real. Perched on a winter-bare branch, six feet above the ground, my 7-year-old son looks rather like Dr. Seuss' faithful elephant, Horton, sitting on that abandoned egg.

Fired for Facebook Photos, a Gay High School Coach Speaks Out

Kergan Edwards-Stout | Posted 08.20.2012 | Gay Voices
Kergan Edwards-Stout

While many of us have posted fun or silly photos of ourselves on Facebook, few would ever think that one of those photos could actually get themselves fired, but such is the case of Mitch Stein.

Iowa Dads Speak Out for Equality

Matty Smith | Posted 08.17.2012 | Gay Voices
Matty Smith

Here in Iowa, we know that our dads are the best. Check out these ten proud fathers as they talk about the joys of fatherhood and their vision for a future that includes equality for all families.

Dad Is Gay -- And It Affects How I See All Other Men

Jill Di Donato | Posted 08.17.2012 | Women
Jill Di Donato

A byproduct of growing up with a closeted gay dad was that men became puzzles to me. What was going on in there? Did I know anything about how they worked? I started to look at all of them as mysteries to be solved, which meant that I often dated withholding men.

What I Know About Fatherhood Now That I'm One Of Two Dads

David Valdes Greenwood | Posted 08.15.2012 | Parents
David Valdes Greenwood

When I joke that Normal is next to Narnia, the implication is not that I can find either by going into the closet, but that both exist only in the realm of fantasy. My family is very real.

PHOTOS: A Father's Day Ode To The City's Gay Dads

Robin Wilkey | Posted 06.17.2012 | San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO -- During 2011's heated mayoral race, an unusual campaign ad flickered across San Francisco television screens. The 30-second video, ...

Spilled Milk: Evolving Door

William Lucas Walker | Posted 06.15.2012 | Gay Voices
William Lucas Walker

Two dads means Father's Day is always a double-header at our house. This year it's an even bigger deal because it falls on June 17, the anniversary of our wedding four years ago.

National Organization for Marriage Hiding Ties to 'Objective' Anti-Gay Parenting Study

Alvin McEwen | Posted 08.14.2012 | Gay Voices
Alvin McEwen

One would think that for the sake of disclosure, NOM could have mentioned that its founder and chairman emeritus had a huge hand in not only the study's funding, but possibly also its publicity.

Happy Father's Day To My Kids' Granddad (AKA Donald Duck?)

Liz Wallace | Posted 08.14.2012 | Gay Voices
Liz Wallace

As Father's Day approaches, I can't help but find myself thinking about the fathers in my life (I have one father, one stepfather, one father-in-law, and maybe one ex-stepfather out there somewhere), and the fact that my children, as the products of a lesbian family, don't have a dad.

How a New Study Misrepresents Same-Sex Parents

Zinnia Jones | Posted 08.14.2012 | Gay Voices
Zinnia Jones

A recently published study purports to show that children of same-sex parents experience a significant degree of negative outcomes. These findings would certainly be surprising -- if they were supported by the evidence.

Gay Parents Study: Dollarship Disguised As Scholarship

Wayne Besen | Posted 08.14.2012 | Gay Voices
Wayne Besen

A cursory look at Regnerus' work tells me that it that needs to be put under a microscope and carefully examined. When one ponders the results, it seems to reveal more about the leanings of the researcher than it does about gay and lesbian parents.

Bunk "Study" Defames Same-Sex Headed Households

Kate Kendell, Esq. | Posted 08.13.2012 | Gay Voices
Kate Kendell, Esq.

One would think that if you wanted to find out if kids raised by same-sex couples were impacted by their parents' sexual orientation, you would compare those kids to kids raised by opposite-sex couples, right? Well, no.

Same-Sex Parenting Study Triggers Firestorm

Posted 06.12.2012 | Science

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 06/11/2012 04:59 PM EDT on LiveScience A new study claiming to find disadvantages for...

JCPenney's Gay Dads On Opposition To Catalog Photo: 'It's Nothing We Haven't Heard From People Our Whole Lives'

Posted 06.06.2012 | Gay Voices

Two Texas-based gay fathers featured in a controversial JCPenney advertisement are speaking out about the experience for the first time, saying the ph...

School Board Bans Kid's Book for Mention of Gay Families

Jamie McGonnigal | Posted 08.06.2012 | Gay Voices
Jamie McGonnigal

In Erie, IL last week, the Erie School Board voted to ban Todd Parr's The Family Book from its elementary school. The book tells young children that families are different.

PHOTOS: The #1 U.S. City For Gay Singles Who Are Looking For Marriage And Kids Is...

Posted 08.06.2012 | Gay Voices

Gay, single and seeking marriage and family? As it turns out, you may have to travel to a state where same-sex marriage isn't legal to find the partne...

WATCH: Arizona Gay Couple And Family Fear For Safety After Series Of Alleged Attacks On Home

Posted 05.31.2012 | Gay Voices

An Arizona-based gay couple and their four children are reportedly fearing for their safety after allegedly being terrorized in a series of attacks on...

An American's Fight For Gay Adoption Rights In Colombia

EL TIEMPO/Worldcrunch | Posted 05.27.2012 | Gay Voices

BOGOTA - For the first time in the country’s history, a top Colombian court has awarded adoption rights to a homosexual man. The court made the land...

LISTEN: How Gay And Lesbian Couples Become Biological Parents

Charlotte Robinson | Posted 07.25.2012 | Gay Voices
Charlotte Robinson

Dr. Samuel Pang is the Medical Director of the Reproductive Science Center of New England (RSC), a pioneer in helping lesbians and gay men become parents. I talked with Dr. Pang about these procedures and issues facing our LGBT community.

More Than I Can Chew

Dan Bucatinsky | Posted 07.24.2012 | Gay Voices
Dan Bucatinsky

Why did I have to buy the umbrella and grocery shop and take Eliza all at the same time? Why did I agree to host a stupid barbecue? Why did I agree to do all the prep and planning? Why did I agree to have kids? I've definitely bitten off more than I can chew.

Who Are The 'Real' Parents? An Adoptive Dad’s Answer

David Valdes Greenwood | Posted 07.23.2012 | Parents
David Valdes Greenwood

Whatever it is that keeps our daughter's mother at a distance, she made our family. And that's the one thing my child and all her parents know for sure.

Who's the Pervert? Is Hitting a Child More Acceptable Than Holding Her?

Erika Christakis | Posted 07.22.2012 | Home
Erika Christakis

Single fathers -- gay fathers, no less -- seem to be under special scrutiny lest their loving attention veer into unsavory territory. Are we so uncomfortable with male nurturing that we assume something perverse about it?