Tag: child

Relatives and school officials had been reporting signs of abuse for years A 10-year-old California boy’s suspicious death is being investigated, following years of reported abuse, and officials said his coming out might have played a part. Anthony Avalos came out to as gay to his family before he died in Lancaster, and Brandon Nichols, deputy director of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services, told The Los Angeles Times authorities are investigating whether homophobia played a role...

As marriage equality makes slow but steady progress around the world, the rights of same-sex parents are still in jeopardy: A Singapore court rejected a petition by a gay man to adopt a child he fathered through surrogacy. The unnamed man, a doctor, has been with his partner in the country for more than a dozen years. The couple approached the Ministry of Social and Family Development about adoption but were told it was unlikely a gay couple would be...

His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge was trending over the weekend after an adorable photo of the young royal standing on a helicopter went viral. In the photo, Prince George, who turned four last week, is dressed in a chic red checkered shirt and navy shorts with a slight bend in his knees and his hands on his face. It is perhaps one of the cutest things we’ve ever seen. But leave it to some internet trolls to ruin it....

'When you were like four years old with a sheet wrapped around you, singing Ella Fitzgerald...' Real-life dads and their gay adult kids have sat down for an honest conversation about raising an LGBTI child, fears and responsibilities. And most importantly, the moment the dads ‘knew’ when their kids were gay. ‘When you were like four years old with a sheet wrapped around you, singing Ella Fitzgerald,’ one dad says. ‘And in that moment, I said to myself, “Oh shit he’s gay!’ Watch...

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...

Most of the relationships in ‘our world’ include talks about having a child, too. They usually are not taken that serious, because having a child that is biologically yours is confined only within dreams and fictions, at least, we thought so. But there is an incredibly courageous male, who has decided to change this situation relying on today’s highly developed medicine. It might sound and look too absurd and for the vast majority of people it does, but according to...

While the supporters of “family values” and the right wing conservatives are freely attempting to dismantle the existence of same-sex parents, studies are showing fuel for the opposing arguments. Without stepping on a soap box and preaching a belief system, neutral entities have come out in support of same sex parenting with factual data that cannot be dismissed. Some of the following issues are clearly fuel for the defense of same sex parenting, and even document its equality, and...

We adopted Laura when she was a little baby. It was a laborious process but in the end we were a complete family, married with children. At the time we lived in a nice town, people were friendly with us and the neighbors were absolutely awesome. But we had to move due to Jane's job. Jane is my wife. So when Laura was 6 we moved to another town. We were a bit scared. How will a lesbian couple with...