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Great News For Brazil's LGBT Community

AP | Posted 05.09.2013 | Gay Voices
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BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazil is guaranteeing homosexual couples' right to access assisted fertilization. The wording of the an earlier decree governing...

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WATCH 'Scandal' Star Discusses Being A Gay Dad

The Huffington Post | Glennisha Morgan | Posted 04.30.2013 | Gay Voices
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'Scandal' star, author and Huff Post blogger Dan Bucatinsky recently stopped by Huff Post Live to discuss what it's like to be a real-life gay father....

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An Unexpected Benefit For Gay Parents?

YourTango | Michelle Toglia | Posted 03.02.2013 | Gay Voices
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Same-sex couples can get nearly $13K for second-parent adoption, but are still denied other benefits. While legally wed same-sex couples are still ...

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Sociologist Behind 'Bullsh*t' Gay Parenting Study Defends His Research

Posted 10.31.2012 | Gay Voices
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The Texas sociologist who sparked controversy earlier this year with a heavily-criticized study of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) paren...

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The Future Perfect: Planning for Paternal Bliss

Sean Santiago | Posted 12.02.2012 | Gay Voices
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Sean Santiago

Adoption is therefore something I've had time to consider, and consider it I have. I've considered the hard questions: Will they know their birth parents? And the even harder questions: Will the other parents let me Instagram our kids' playdates?

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Adoptive Mother Wins Full Custody Over Birth Mom In Landmark Same-Sex Ruling

Posted 10.01.2012 | Gay Voices
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In what is believed to be the state's first such ruling for a same-sex couple, a New York judge has awarded full custody of a child to her adopted mot...

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New Report Shows Children Are the Real Victims of Anti-LGBT Laws and Stigma

Michael Cole-Schwartz | Posted 01.01.2012 | Gay Voices
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Michael Cole-Schwartz

By limiting marriage to only one man and one woman for federal purposes, DOMA denies 1,138 rights, responsibilities and benefits to legally married same-sex couples and their children.

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Judge: State Can End Foster Contracts With Catholic Charities

Posted 11.27.2011 | Chicago
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Catholic Charities has lost another round in the ongoing battle over adoption and foster care contracts being granted to same-sex couples in civil uni...

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Catholic Charities Dispute A Matter Of Law And Faith

AP | By JIM SUHR | Posted 11.11.2011 | Chicago
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ST. LOUIS -- In large part due to their faith, Mark Zartman and Beth Banuelos swung open their families' doors to children from broken homes in southe...

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Judge Hears Arguments In Catholic Charities Adoption Case

Posted 10.17.2011 | Chicago
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Story by Kate Sosin, courtesy of the Windy City Times A circuit court judge is weighing a claim by four Catholic charities that the state violated ...

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U.S. Census: Illinois Sees Surge In Same-Sex Relationships

Posted 10.04.2011 | Chicago
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Story by Joseph Erbentraut, courtesy of the Windy City Times The statistics on same-sex couples in Illinois from the latest decennial census were u...

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