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[Australia] New & Significant Research of Same Sex Parented Families by Dr...
Dr Simon CrouchParent-reported measures of child health and wellbeing in same-sex parent families: a cross-sectional surveyDr Simon Crouch, along with co-authors Elizabeth Waters, Ruth McNair, Jennifer...
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[Taiwan] "Lesbian couple raising twins sue Taiwanese government to get both...
Chou Shu-chi and Wang Shu-yi are raising twins together but the Taiwanese Government refuses to recognize Wang as a legal guardian of her children as she was not the birth motherTaiwanese lesbians Chou...
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[Australia] Family Law Council's "Report on Parentage and the Family Law Act"...
On 14 August 2014, the Federal Attorney Generals department released the "Family Law Council""Report on Parentage and the Family Law Act". The report was in response to the former Attorney-General,...
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[Australia] "‘Multi-parent families should be recognised’, says Family Law...
A piece in The Australian today touching on the issues around co-parenting and having more than 2 legal parents. Complex and interesting.CHILDREN should be allowed more than two legal parents, the...
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[Australia] "Thai Surrogacy Laws Mean Same-Sex Parents Will Wait Longer" by...
The problems with surrogacy and Thailand continue, however there is some hope that couples now have a pathway to take their children home. How long the "court" processes will take is very unclear, and...
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[Australia] "Australian same-sex couple allowed to leave Thailand with...
Some good news just out of Thailand via the ABCAn Australian same-sex couple at the centre of Thailand's surrogacy scandal has been able to leave the country with their newborn babies.On Thursday, two...
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[Australia] "Same-sex couples using Thai surrogates wait anxiously to bring...
Gay Star News is also reporting further on the Surrogacy situation in Thailand for Gay Couples. Thankfully there are some signs it is improving.A crackdown on commercial surrogacy in Thailand has left...
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[Australia] "Thailand surrogacy: Australian couple caught in crackdown break...
It wasn't going to be long before this got to the newspapers. Happy for the couple.Bangkok: An Australian same-sex couple caught up in a crackdown on surrogacy in the Thai capital have broken their...
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[Australia] New Research - Australians' use of surrogacy - 1 September 2014
Australians' use of surrogacy - 1 September 2014 by Sam G Everingham, Martyn A Stafford-Bell and Karin HammarbergAbstractObjectives: To investigate the characteristics of parents and intended parents...
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[US] "The Barcus Bunch: Single gay dad on unconditional parenting" by Ross...
Dan Barcus is a single, gay dad living in the far northwest suburbs of Chicago who has said is a lackluster housekeeper and a terrible cook.Still, the parenting experience has been overwhelmingly...
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[Switzerland] "Swiss Gay Fathers Granted Parental Recognition in Landmark...
While surrogacy remains illegal in Switzerland, two gay fathers fought — and won — precedent-setting parental rights by crossing their homeland's borders.In a first, a Swiss gay couple have been...
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[Italy] "Italian Lesbian Couple Win Right to Legally Adopt Daughter"
Despite its refusal to support same-sex couples through marriage equality, an Italian court conceded that stable, loving parents, LGBT or not, may be in a child's best interests.For the first time, an...
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[Ukraine] "Sir Elton John Rescues Ukrainian Boy He Once Wanted To Adopt" by...
If it is true that no man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child, then today, Sir Elton stands ten feet tall.In 2009, Elton John and his (then) partner David Furnish fell in love with a baby...
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[US] "Back to the Land" by Margaret McCormick
A wonderful and inspiring gay male parented family. Great to see these stories. Two Syracuse residents recently moved to a farm in Oswego County and are trying to make a go of it. Writer Margaret...
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[US] "Why I Write as a 'Gay Dad' Rather Than Simply as a 'Dad'" by Rob Watson
Another wonderful piece from Gay Dad Rob Watson. He always has something entertaining and insightful to say. We are lucky to have him to write what many of us think and experience. Thank you Rob!I...
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[US] "When Gay Dads Divorce" by David Toussaint
This is very interesting read from David Toussaint.Many gay men never thought they would see the day they could marry and have children. Gays With Kids writer David Toussaint tells the story of some...
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[Australia] Gay Dads Father's Day Picnic - Botanical Gardens - Melbourne
Today was the 10th annual Gay Dads Father's day picnic at the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne. It started and stayed as a relatively small affair for many years. But this year, this 10th year, was...
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[Australia] Rainbow Families Council AGM 2014 - Victoria 14 September 2014
RAINBOW FAMILIES COUNCIL AGM 2014This Sunday 14 September - 2.30 to 4.30pm - Jika Jika Community Centre, Plant St Northcote.All ages Hip Hop class (for the kids while we hold the AGM) and a parenting...
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