Lesbian mothers who are not the biological parents of their children have been granted legal recognition by Tasmania’s legislative council. The move means that they will be listed as parents on a child’s birth certificate, rather than having to go through costly adoption procedures. The...

Midwives often struggle to meet the needs of pregnant women who are lesbians, with patients reporting that the focus is often on their sexuality rather than the fact that they are expecting a baby, according to research in the November issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. The findings have led...

Originally written 10/7/09-by Paula Brooks, lezgetreal.com Mary Cheney Mary Cheney, the openly gay daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, and her long-time partner, Heather Poe, have confirmed that they are expecting their second child in mid- to late November, according True/Slant’s Kate Klonick. Cheney...

Adoption Is The New Pregnant NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Gay or straight, the sexual orientation of adoptive parents does not have an impact on the emotional development of their children, according to a new study. But researchers said that if parents were satisfied with the adoption process, had...

Lisa Miller says that if she doesn’t hand her daughter over to her former lesbian partner later this week, she may lose custody of her. Although Miller says she’s turned straight, Vermont judge Richard Cohen has ruled that her former partner, Janet Jenkins, has visitation rights, and is the...

There are more than 114,000 children in the United States needing happy, healthy homes and loving families. Consider those children whom were removed from abusive, unhealthy families and placed in foster care. Consider those children whom were placed under foster care from the time they were born....

RALEIGH, NC (AP) – A North Carolina appeals court has upheld an adoption that the estranged partner of the first openly gay member of the General Assembly sought to void. A three-judge Court of Appeals panel ruled Tuesday that state Sen. Julia Boseman’s parental rights could not be voided...

Reaching both over the rainbow and under the radar, Colorado’s new Designated Beneficiary Agreement Act (HB 1260), granting important new rights to Colorado citizens, quietly became law on July 1. It will be welcomed by hundreds of committed couples, both straight and gay. Introduced in the House by...

A lesbian has won joint custody of the two children of her former lover, in a ruling described as a breakthrough for the rights of gay parents. The woman took her case to the High Court after her former girlfriend, who is the biological mother of the two girls, denied her access to them. A lesbian has...

NEWARK (CN) – A graduate of East Side High School demands punitive damages for “severe mental and emotional trauma” because on his paid personal page in the school yearbook, the school blacked out a photo of him kissing his homosexual partner, but it did not black out photos of heterosexual...