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The Anti Defamation League called the attack the 'deadliest' for the Jewish community in the history of the United States The shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania left the American Jewish community horrified. What happened? The shooter allegedly said ‘All these Jews need to die’ at the time of the attack. He took the lives of 11 worshippers. This tragic event took place on Saturday, 27 October. The perpetrator barged in during Shabbat services with an AR-15 and two handguns,...

Jack and Jace Grafe, who live in Georgia, recently shared their amazing journey as identical twins who came out to each other as transgender and transitioned together. Fox5Atlanta recently reported the story of the twins who were identified as female at birth, but came out to each other at the age of 15. That was just a year after they had even heard the word ‘transgender.’ “It’s like being in prison except it’s in your own body,” Jack told Fox5Atlanta. “And...

Nate and Julia Sharpe are raising their three-year-old twins with no gender at all. Coined “theybies,” the couple do not reveal the biological sex of their children to anyone, including the children themselves. The couple are the center of a new report from NBC News, exploring the world of gender-free parenting that many millennial are beginning to use. The idea is to shield children from harmful “gender stereotypes” that hardwire them to be feminine or to male. Theybies are encouraged...

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...

The return of Queer Eye (sans ‘for the straight guy’) on Netflix has sparked some thoughtful debate about the cultural relevance of this type of programming. We were awfully skeptical about the revamp, but there’s also something about it that strikes an emotionally satisfying chord. It’s also sparked some less-than-thoughtful debate, and that’s what brings us together now. Oddly, it centers around the otherwise-unassuming food guru, Antoni Porowski. Junkee asked this extremely unimportant and amusing question: Can he actually cook? The...

A gay couple filed a lawsuit this week after one of their twins was denied US citizenship. The twins, Ethan and Aiden Dvash-Banks were born to the same surrogate mother using sperm from each of their dads. Andrew, who has dual Canadian-American citizenship and Israeli-born Elad got married in Canada in 2011 and decided they both wanted a child genetically related to them. But their son Ethan has become a plaintiff in the lawsuit filed on Monday which seeks for him to...

'We’d like to have at least one more baby' says actor in new interview and shoot Kieron Richardson and his husband Carl Hyland have showed off their beautiful children for the first time in a new shoot and interview with OK! magazine. The Hollyoaks star welcomed twins Chase and Phoebe-Rae via surrogate in May this year. Speaking about the birth, the Hollyoaks actor said: ‘We obviously had our surrogate there and her husband, and how do you say thank you to someone...

Terrell Joseph and Jarius Goudeau have gone through a rollercoaster ride as they tried to become parents. Terrell (above, left) had grown up around children and knew that he “always had ‘baby fever.” Then, he met Jarius (above, right) and the two have enjoyed six wonderful years together. During that time, they got engaged in 2014, adopted three beautiful dogs, bought a house together, and started their journey towards having children. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJeTjXBAGu4/ Sadly, the journey was not easy. The plan was for the two...

Double the trouble and twice as much love! Because surrogacy and IVF treatment can more often lead to multiple births, gay dads raising twins is not uncommon. We bring you images of just a handful, along with some insight into their family life. Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka https://www.instagram.com/p/Bbx1cDLheep/ Actor Neil Patrick Harris and husband David Burtka are the proud fathers of Gideon Scott and Harper Grace, born October 2010. Dave and Michal Vanicek https://www.instagram.com/p/BaovZVzFZNP/ The Vanicek family live in Prague in the Czech Republic. ‘Our girls...

After much planning and many tears with failed surrogate pregnancies, Million Dollar Listing New York's Fredrik Eklund and hubby Derek Kaplan welcomed their long awaited twins - daughter Milla and son Fredrik Jr. Fredrik must have given his biggest high kick ever! Their arrival was officially announced on social media where Eklund posted a photo of the new family of four and captioned "Happiest moment of my life. Welcome Fredrick and Milla to the world." https://www.instagram.com/p/BcDwHvQg_9b/ The two learned that they were finally...

Congratulations are in order for fitness pro Shaun T and his husband Scott Blokker who welcomed twin sons this past Friday night! Looks like the newest #fitfam members have arrived! Shaun shared the exciting news on his Instagram today, which shows a split shot of him holding one and his husband holding the other as they look incredibly happy to be fathers for the first time ever! https://www.instagram.com/p/BbuKbNWgZIr/ The caption read: "OUR BABY BOYS have arrived!!! We are so thrilled that our...

Last month, our writer Ryan Shea caught up with out gay fitness icon Shaun T, to talk about food, celebrity fitness inspirations, and more. And now, Shaun and his husband Scott Blokker have announced that they are expecting twins, via a surrogate. https://www.instagram.com/p/BaKCbyOAOkv/ In a video shared to Instagram, Shaun and Scott hold cards that read: “5 years of challenges, 5 years of wait. “Ups, downs in emotion. Painful blows we’d take. But we learned to stay the course. Hope and prayer wins.” Watch the...

The five-month-old twins are called Yash and Roohi One of Bollywood’s most powerful men and India’s most famous gay man has become a father to twins. Karan Johar is a director, producer and talk show host who has made a string of Bollywood hits. As one of the most recognized faces in India he is extremely influential Johar’s twins were born in February via a surrogate mother, but he only shared a photo of them recently on Twitter. The photo is of Johar’s...

Zach and Michael Zakar talk creepy Grindr messages, being gay Iraqis and their biggest foe, their mother Zach and Michael Zakar talk creepy Grindr messages, being gay Iraqis and their biggest foe, their mother The Zakar twins are gay, Arab and living in America. What could go wrong? How about their own Catholic mother trying to ‘de-gay’ them with ‘holy grapes’ while they were sleeping. Since they accidentally came out in high school after a little mishap in the toilet with another boy,...