Madonna’s life seems glamorous 24/7 — she’s a pop star of the highest degree and has been successful in so many ventures. However, that’s not to say that Madonna’s life is perfect. She recently opened up to People.com about being a mother and the emotional stress and lows of adopting her children from Malawi. Madonna […]
Janelle (12) and Elijah (10) have been living with Courtney and Tom Gilmour for the last three years and were excited to find out that they would soon be adopted by the Gilmours. However, the two kids weren’t aware of the exact date of their adoption. The Gilmours decided to take the whole family to […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced earlier this week that she favored a vote on same-sex marriage, a surprising statement to some as Merkel had always stood for marriage between a man and a woman as she claimed it was in the “best interest” of children. Many in Germany were pressuring Merkel to change her stance […]
Rob and Reece Scheer live in Darnestown, Maryland, with their four adopted children. The dads had only intended to adopt one kid but found themselves with a big happy family. The Scheer’s explained: “We got a phone call for a brother and sister. We only wanted one child, but we thought, you know what? Let’s […]
Raelene and Ted MacDowell, a California couple in Redding in their 70s, have fostered 630 kids since 1978. Today, they have 10 children, seven of which are adopted themselves. Five of their children are either foster or adoptive parents, something the MacDowells are most proud of. In a recent interview with ABC News, Raelene explained […]
When it comes to foster care and even adoption, there’s often a lot of misconceptions around the whole system and the people involved. A new campaign called, RaiseAChild “Reimagining Foster Parents,” co-sponsored by the Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services, is hoping to change those misconceptions with powerful ads. This week 350 […]
Jonathon Bobbit-Miller and his husband, Blair Miller are dads to two sons, a three-year-old son and four-year-old son, both of whom were adopted. “I was always worried. I always thought, ‘I can’t be that or I can’t do that.’ I always thought, ‘There’s no way we can’t get married, I can’t have kids,’” Blair Miller […]
Judge W. Mitchell Nance of the Barren and Metcalfe counties in Kentucky has officially recused himself from any adoption cases that involve gay prospective parents. According to the Washington Post, Nance issued an order last week in which he wrote that it is his belief that by allowing a “practicing homosexual” to adopt would “under no […]
When Trump signed in Executive Order #13769, the unconstitutional travel ban, it incited fear among many minorities and questions for the future as to what our president could do to surmount over other groups as well. Though such actions may scare the LGBTQI+ family, we must use our anger and fear to incentivize bold action. […]
On April 7, Nebraska’s Supreme Court finally brought down a horrible, discriminatory state law that prevented LGBT couples (and unmarried persons) from fostering and adopting. Three same-sex couples brought the case to court with the help of Chase Strangio, a lawyer with the ACLU, and won. Surprisingly enough, a district judge had already overturned the […]
