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As part of Alternative Family Week 2017, Gay Times invited actor Charlie Condou to read Olly Pike’s internationally successful LGBT+ story Prince Henry – a gay family fairytale. The King and Queen think it’s time for their son to choose someone to marry and spend his life with, but are they surprised by who he chooses? “Charlie is part of an alternative family, he has a husband, a son and a daughter and he is a positive role model for so...

Gay dads appear in a sweet, inclusive new advertisement that celebrates parenting and families of all sorts. Manchester couple Lee and Mat Samuels-Camozzi feature in a new clip for McCain chips. But in the little time since the ad has been released, they've already been compared to pedophiles, and have been ridiculed for denying their son a mother. Lee, a 35-year-old customer relations manager, tells the Daily Record: “We’ve had dozens of hateful comments. “One of the most hurtful compared us to perverts, saying...

Joshua and Jeremy live with their kids in Salt Lake City Few would argue that media representation of gay families is lacking. This is despite the fact that a growing number of LGBTI people are having children. One website doing its best to combat this lack of representation is Gays With Kids. A photo it posted to its social media has gone viral and become its most liked posting on Instagram. The photo shows Salt Lake City-based gay dads Joshua and Jeremy,...

What better way to celebrate Father’s day than by highlighting some of the incredible gay dads who are sharing their journeys through fatherhood one selfie and Instagram post at a time. Gays With Kids, an online community who aims to help gay dads navigate fatherhood, shares their beautiful stories at GaysWithKids.com. Check out some of our favorite journeys below: Dads Dejay @djohnsondj and Mike @mstirratt: https://www.instagram.com/p/BVK2eLNjL52/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BUrx6TWF5IP/ Congrats to Jason and Chad on the birth of their daughter! https://www.instagram.com/p/BTWjIizlO78/ Michael (@mr_smoghlan) and Paul (@paulycog) became fathers...

In an interview with Oliver Stone, Putin declared "God has decided." Vladimir Putin claims it’s his “duty” to stop gay people from getting married. In an interview with Oliver Stone airing on Showtime this week, the Russian president explained that, as head of state, he was obligated “to uphold traditional values and family values.” His reasoning? “Because same-sex marriages will not produce any children. God has decided, and we have to care about birth rates in our country. We have to reinforce...

Love Makes a Family: 'Together a mighty group of rainbow family advocates are creating history' In a region where LGBTI families have very few rights, a ‘mighty group’ of people are coming together to sing the praises of rainbow families. ‘Families’ is the theme of this year’s International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia’s (IDAHOT). So, Planet Ally and the International Family Equality Day (IFED) came together to organize the first annual Asia-Pacific Rainbow Families Forum. The two day event in Hong...

They’ve been an item for over ten years, so what exactly do the How I Met Your Mother actor Neil Patrick Harris and his husband David Burtka put their enduring relationship down to? “We go to couple’s therapy,” the 41-year-old actor told Life & Style magazine. “Not that there’s anything wrong, but it’s nice to sort of just talk to someone who is a mediator. That’s helped our relationship.” The couple cemented their relationship in 2006 when David Burtka temporarily starred in...

The British openly gay actor is about to become a father himself… But ahead of this life-changing moment, Hollyoaks’ Kieron Richardson will appear in a one-off documentary exploring parenting in the LGBT+ community. “It’s an honour to be a part of this very exciting documentary, and also the significance of its place in marking the 50th anniversary of such a hugely important milestone in LGBTQIA history,” Kieron said. “As an expectant father myself I am fascinated to learn about other people’s experiences...

We asked LGBT families to send in their most adorable family photos — and they did not disappoint. To celebrate families that come in all shapes and sizes, we asked LGBT families from the BuzzFeed Community to send us their most adorable family photos — and they did not disappoint. Here's what they had to say about the loved ones they take pride in every day. 1. "My wife selflessly agreed to carry all three boys after we discovered that due to...

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...

Newborn baby made a family of three for gay dads Dom and Anthony. The birth of a kid is a miracle! It is the God's gift that should be given to all couples in this world regadless their gender. Two moms want to have a baby as well as two gay dads want to hear their children's laugh in the house. The birth of a child is always the most pleasant cause for celebration—especially in a case when parents faced and defied a lot of obstacles to bring...

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...