Cynthia Nixon is taking on a new role soon, that of Nancy Reagan in a new TV series, Killing Reagan. In a recent interview, the mom of three children and partner to her wife, Christine Marinoni, spoke about LGBT families. When the UK Telegraph asked Nixon if there was a difference between same-sex couples raising […]
If you’re a fan of the award-winning Amazon Prime show, “Mozart in the Jungle,” you may be familiar with openly gay actor Sandro Isaack who plays Pavel, the Slavik stagehand and lover of Bernadette Peters. However, beyond acting, Isaack is doing some amazing things in the background for LGBT families. For one, he published a […]
By Brandy Black My family and I have been vlogging for the last year and a half or so, and we are excited to announce that we just hit 7,000 subscribers! It’s pretty thrilling, not just for hitting a milestone, but because we promised our viewers that we would provide 30 days of vlogs if […]
On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Arkansas ruled that the state can refuse to allow non-bio lesbian mothers to be listed on their children’s birth certificates. The case was brought to Arkansas’ Supreme Court by three lesbian couples and moms who argued that being denied the ability to list both parents on birth certificates violated […]
How many studies does it take for people to realize — there’s no difference between same-sex parents raising children and any other type of family home. Well, here’s another one for the skeptics. A new study from the University of Kentucky led by assistant professor Rachel F. Farr took 100 families — all with adopted […]
Remember Justin Ruehs and Adam Smeets of Chicago? At the beginning of August we shared their story — they’re new dads to triplets, and in an astonishing twist, the children are biologically related to both fathers. The fathers never expected that they would have triplets, and though they saved for their family — feeding, clothing, […]
Today is National Coming Out Day! Coming out is a personal action for LGBT individuals — it’s a way for them to tell their families, their friends, the world, and themselves who they are and to proudly step into their own truth and live it freely. However, coming out is sometimes easier said than done […]
Originally published on The Seattle Lesbian Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ruled that the state of Wisconsin must issue accurate birth certificates listing both parents for the children of married same-sex couples, including the son of Lambda Legal clients Chelsea and Jessamy Torres, a married lesbian couple. “We are […]
By Alex Temblador For many families across the world, infertility is a huge struggle, and no one has more first-hand experience with it than the moms of The Next Family. In their newest video, Brandy Black and Susan Howard discuss how they started working toward creating their family. Though Brandy was always intent on […]
In addition to researching the best way to create their family, LGBT prospective parents also tend to look for insight and resources that explain how it is for children growing up with LGBT parents. On a new episode of “Inside the Closet with Jen and Niki” on YouTube’s Buzzfeed Yellow Channel, Jen invites a friend — […]
