Tag: adoption

Ellen DeGeneres hosted gay dads Rob and Reece Scheer from Darnestown, Maryland on her show yesterday and the two amazing men nearly brought her to tears. Fair warning: grab your Kleenex because you may not be as strong. The two men have adopted four children with special needs. They were all removed from abusive or neglectful situations and have found a warm and loving home with their new dads. “When the kids arrived, we knew that they came with baggage, from...

"We realize we have something very special." Jonathon Bobbitt-Miller and his husband Blair Miller recently undertook a cross-country trip to introduce their 4-year-old son to his birth mother and the doctor who delivered him. The couple live in Boston with their oldest son Zeke and his 3-year-old brother Cash. The foursome are a happy bunch, but as Miller recently told People, he wasn’t always sure that a family would be in his future. Of growing up gay, Blair said, “I was always...

Meet Asher, the Aussie of our dreams. If there’s one thing the LGBT community knows, it’s that there’s a lot more than one way to be a family. When Dorien Bryant and Patrick Craves struggled to have kids, they followed in the footsteps of many gay (and straight) couples before them, and adopted a dog instead. Seems totally normal, but we can’t take our eyes off how cute this puppy is. And what better way to kick off the weekend than by...

A gay man who adopted his partner in the absence of same-sex marriage rights has been allowed to dissolve the guardianship in order for the couple to legally marry. For more than a year, Roland Bosee Jr and Nino Esposito, who have been together since 1970, have been unclear about the future of their slightly complicated relationship. Esposito, 79, legally adopted Bosee Jr, 69, back in 2012, as they sought after some legal protections in lieu of same-sex marriage laws in...

Same-sex couples are continuing to help children in need as overall adoption figures fall. New figures published today by the Department for Education show that, in England, adoptions by same-sex couples accounted for 9.6 per cent of all adoptions this year, rising from 8.4 per cent in 2015. Data released today (December 8) shows that, while the overall number of adoptions have decreased in England, there were the same number of adoptions from same-sex couples in 2015 as there were this...

A politician who has pledged to attack same-sex adoption rights is the new favourite to be President of France… and his main opponent is a far-right nationalist. François Fillon was the surprise winner of the centre-right conservative primary this month, edging out competition from former President Nicolas Sarkozy and Former Prime Minister Alain Juppé ahead of next year’s Presidential vote. The hardline conservative candidate, a strong opponent of LGBT rights, is expected to face the National Front candidate Marine Le Pen...

This gay couple are working to expand their foster care services across the Canada. The first ever LGBT adoption agency has been opened up by a gay couple, according to Dailyxtra. Lucas Medina and husband Chad Craig opened up Five/Fourteen, a service that finds LGBT foster children homes. Based in Ontario, the agency has 30 youths and children on its list who are waiting to be placed with families. The service also has around 140 applications from potential foster families across the country...

Former Kyle XY star Matt Dallas and his husband, Blue Hamilton have adopted a child and they are extremely happy because this is the family they've always dreamed of. https://www.instagram.com/p/BErGZ_9IO0k/?taken-by=bluehamilton The couple talked to People Magazine about the process of adoption. They recall reading many stories of children in foster care. https://www.instagram.com/p/BD9OsMBoO0u/?taken-by=bluehamilton “There were so many kids, and so many stories that broke our hearts,” says Hamilton, 36, of the 19,000 children in foster care in the couple’s home state of Arizona. “I...

The amendment to the country's adoption law is considered to be the final step toward full equality for all LGBT people - gays and lesbians in Ireland, who are eager to become parents, but they weren't alllowed to do it according to the law. But now they are free to give an adopted child a chance to enjoy happy life in a full family of two moms or two daddies. Congratulations, Irish gays and lesbians! Now you can hear the laugh of...

A federal judge ruled Mississippi’s ban on same-sex adoption is unconstitutional. A federal judge ruled Thursday that Mississippi’s ban on same-sex couples adopting children is unconstitutional, making gay adoption legal in all 50 states. U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan issued a preliminary injunction against the ban, citing the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide last summer. The injunction blocks Mississippi from enforcing its 16-year-old anti-gay adoption law. The Supreme Court ruling “foreclosed litigation over laws interfering with the right to marry...

Do you remember the story of Eric and Dylan? Do you want to know what happened next? So, they were at Eric's house. ...Dylan was defiantly sweaty now, as was Eric. They were both tangled around each other. Dylan started to kiss his way down Eric’s chest to his bellybutton, where he didn’t stop. He went all the way down until Eric’s entire body tightened and then went limp. Dylan stood up and started to get his clothes back on...

The discussion of the relevant resolution, which in Columbia has been already called historic, lasted several hours in the court. Six members of the court supported this document but two voted against it. "A person's sexual orientation or gender are not in and of themselves indicative of a lack of moral, physical or mental suitability to adopt," said Maria Victoria Calle Correa - the chief justice of the Constitutional Court. According to the words of the chairman of the court, excluding...

Gay parents are bad parents. It isn’t actually true! The recent investigation on this topic gave absolutely opposite results. huffingtonpost.com Same-sex parents in comparison to heterosexual parents devote more time to their children. These are the results of a new study that examined whether there are some grounds for bias against same-sex couples raising kids. thedailybeast.com The researchers of the Center for Demographic Studies at the University of Texas found out that lesbian couples devote 40% more time to their children than heterosexual parents. It...