Tag: gay family

Gay people are most of the time looked at strangely, because people who judge them do not understand their perspective. Their student, professional and personal lives are affected by suspicion, harassment, and discrimination. And when they decide to have a baby, all these negative perceptions on their life accentuate and intensify. Opponents of lesbian and gay people claim that their children are prone to developing negative mental patterns, habits, and behaviors. Children of same-sex couples are prone to judgment, discrimination, and...

Yesterday, the U.S. State Department appealed a Ninth Circuit court decision granting birthright citizenship to Ethan Dvash-Banks, the child of a same-sex bi-national couple living in Los Angeles, California. The Trump administration is saying that a child born to an American father is not in fact American and shouldn’t be allowed on U.S. soil. If the administration gets its way, the Dvash-Banks family will effectively be torn apart. And what’s worse, this isn’t the only same-sex family the Trump administration...

The new issue of TIME Magazine features Democratic presidential contender Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten, with the caption “First Family: The unlikely, untested and unprecedented campaign of Mayor Pete Buttigieg.” The Buttigieg’s are the first gay couple to pose for the cover of the magazine since a 2013 issue that focused on marriage equality. Although it’s early in the Democratic primary season – there hasn’t even been a debate yet – folks are finding themselves drawn to one candidate or...

Volvo is the latest company to step up and support the LGBTQ community. The car company has teamed up with Westfield shopping center and implemented LGBTQ representation in family parking areas in a Westfield London in Shepherd’s Bush. The new parking spots feature same-sex couples with children, single parents, elderly, disabled, and nuclear families. These new spots are part of a venture for Volvo as they promote their new V60 vehicle that they are calling “The New Family Model”...

While many danced to mock Vice President’s return to the state of Ohio, one gay man is preparing to run for a spot in Congress. Rick Neal is currently in the running for the 15th district congressional seat for the state of Ohio. He is the first openly gay man to run for a congressional seat from the state and could become the first openly gay Congressman from Ohio. Having realized that fact, Neal is especially appreciative during this month. While...

Wedding planner José Rolón shares story of late husband Tim and the kids he left behind – Avery, Lilah and London My name is José Rolón, and I always knew I wanted to be a father. However, when I met my late husband Tim in 2007, he expressed on date number three he didn’t. But over time, he came around to the idea completely, mostly on his own. Soon after getting married in 2010, we went for it. We did surrogacy, and...

They're the real life Brady Bunch, merging their kids from previous marriages into their new family These gay dads and their kids are the real life Brady Bunch. Wayne Perez and Gus Magallanes both married women before they realized they were gay. They settled down, with Perez having two sons, Lucas and Logan, and Magallanes having a daughter, Eva. Then they realized they were gay and came out to their respective wives. A few years later, Magallanes and Perez met via social media...

Esther the Wonder Pig is teaching people "that families come in all shapes and sizes." A gay couple is spreading love and acceptance with images of their adorable pet pig. Meet Steve Jenkins, Derek Walter, and Esther, their 650lb bundle of joy. https://instagram.com/p/BfMJ88Qld_y/?utm_source=ig_embed Jenkins and Walter adopted Esther in 2012, after a friend told them about a five-pound micro piglet she couldn’t care for because she just had twins. They couple took Esther in, settling her into their home in Georgetown, a small...

Tom Daley wants you to know that he doesn’t care what people think of him becoming a dad. The 23-year-old Olympic medal-winning diver was met with a barrage of hate when he and husband Dustin Lance Black announced earlier this year that they were having a baby boy together via surrogacy. While a Daily Mail columnist questioned where the mother was and asked readers “please don’t pretend two dads is the new normal”, controversy-courter Katie Hopkins tweeted that their “one-click baby”...

Police in Mendocino County now say that two lesbian mothers from Washington state appear to have intentionally driven their SUV off a cliff, killing themselves and their six children, ages 12 to 19. Sarah and Jennifer Hart’s 2003 GMC Yukon XL was found last Monday in the Pacific Ocean. The moms and three of their children were found inside, while the other three children are missing and presumed to have died in the crash. The car went over the edge of...

Ricky Martin's seemingly idea gay life - exemplified by his iconic spread in Architectural Digest in which he, his husband Jwan Yosef, and their two adorable sons appear as the epitome of aspirational gaydom - comes with a past of self-doubt and internalized homophobia. On the outside, when Martin rose to fame in the late 90's, he was Livin' la Vida Loca. But on the inside Martin was suffering from the pressures of an industry that had not yet...

A gay British citizen and his US-Cuban partner are appealing for public support after they were told that they would be able to survive their relationship across the Atlantic through the “use of modern means of communication” in a Home Office decision, PinkNews can reveal. Donavan, who is a UK citizen, lives with his partner Alex in Sheffield with their two daughters, from Donavan’s previous relationship. The couple, who have lived together for three years in the UK, are hoping that...

A couple days ago, I posted an article explaining that gay marriage is not the anti-thesis of marriage (as one internet troll announced). In that post, I also shared some wonderful posts celebrating gay marriage, gay love, and gay parenting. That said, I realized that there is always room for more posts focusing on these topics, so that’s what this post is trying to do. But what’s better than just talking about how gay parents are great? Showing you. And thanks...

'For all I’ve taught them, I feel like they’ve taught me even more' Bill Tamlyn is a single gay dad of two from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 51-year-old writer, model and commercial actor came out as gay 15 years ago, while still married to a woman. His parents had just passed away and he was gradually coming to terms with his own sexuality. https://www.instagram.com/p/BbaCL2bHSeC/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_ufi_control While in his marriage, he had his first son Liam, who is now 18 years old. So when Bill came out, his...