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When Is Too Young For Kids To Learn About Sperm Donors?
The re-release of a children's book about conception and birth has seen hysterical headlines splashed across the tabloid press. Where Did I Really Come From? offers children simple, non-judgmental explanations of sexual intercourse, assisted conception (DI, IVF), pregnancy, birth, adoption and surrogacy, and is aimed at children from 2-12. ne...
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They Say: Legalising Gay Marriage Will Benefit Kids
As the debate for gay marriages continues to rage, both here and in the US, four American mental health organisations have weighed in heavily in favour of granting gay couples all of the legal benefits of marriage. The National Psychiatric Association, the Psychological Association, the Association of Mental Health Counsellors, and the National...
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Gay Man And Straight Woman Choose To Parent Together
Terry Finnegan and Selina Evans seemed to everyone in their childbirth classes to be a normal couple. But there were a few things their fellow expectant parents didn't know: like, Terry is gay and the two met online because they each wanted kids and weren't sure how it was going to happen (Selina was divorced and didn't want to be a sin...
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Judge Overrules Ban on Gays Adopting in Florida
In the wake of Prop 8 putting the kibosh on gay marriages in California and Arkansas voters saying no to gays adopting or even fostering children, the gay community needed some good news. Thanks to Florida Judge Cindy Lederman, they finally got some. Her honour ruled the thirty-year-old ban that's kept gay men and women from adopting children...
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Is Mandy Moore Being a Homophobe or a Normal Daughter?
Divorce is ranked as one of the highest stressors on the family unit,so it's no surprise actress Mandy Moore was upset when her parents' marriage broke up.But nowinternet reports putthe blame on Stacy Moore's decision to leave Don Moore for another woman. Does that really change the way a kid is going to feel whe...
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Gay Babies: The New Man-Purse?
Here's s new twist on two old themes: One, the theme of "children-as-status-symbol" and two, the theme of "gays-with-babies-are-conservative."To give you a fair warning, both drive me nuts.Anyone who thinks a child is a status symbol (for anyone besides a multiple-nanny-employing movie star, that is) does not have chil...
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Queer Spawn Make Better Teens?
Teenaged kids of lesbian mothers are doing as well or better than peers, according to the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study conducted by Dr. Nanette Gartrell of the University of California-San Francisco. Not only did the study find that the kids in the 79 families still in the study (which started with 84) have higher social competence an...
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Clay Aiken Comes Out
It's official - Clay Aiken is a gay dad.In news that surprises absolutely no one, the AP is reporting that yes, Virginia (or is that Mary?) Clay Aiken is a gay man. Claymates everywhere are in tears.The story highlights from CNN?· "American Idol" runner-up and infant son are on new People cover· "I cannot raise a ch...
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