Three-year-old Michael Brown was in the foster care system for 832 days. On December 20, 2016, Michael was adopted by Tara Montgomery, a single mom with two daughters, and his adoption day pictures say it all — he was too excited to be adopted by his forever family. Michael was placed with Montgomery when he […]
Gay Dads Tweeted to Hillary Clinton on Their Adoption Day & Were Attacked By Bigots
By Alex Temblador Earlier this year, we featured in a Spotlight Series interview two dads, Anthony and Dominic, a loving couple who were going through the adoption process of their son Gabe. They recently finalized the adoption and were so excited that they tweeted a picture of their adoption day to Hillary Clinton whom they support for […]
Dad of Gay Son Hacked Wife’s Facebook to Respond to Homophobic Politician
Peter Roberts, a 71-year-old dad of Queensland, Australia, stood up against a homophobic politician on Facebook and it was the best thing ever. Queensland recently lowered the age of consent for anal sex to 16 years of age. Australian Conservative MP George Christensen didn’t like such a decision and went off on a homophobic rant […]
Mara Wilson Says She’s ‘Embracing’ The Bi/Queer Label
By Kelly Morris/ The Seattle Lesbian Matilda and Miracle on 34th Street child actress Mara Wilson announced to the world via Twitter that she has started to embrace the label “bi/queer.” After the Orlando tragedy, Wilson started tweeting about her past with gay clubs. She first tweeted out a picture of herself at 18 […]
Racist Backlash After Old Navy Features Multiracial Family
Yesterday, Old Navy featured an advertisement on Twitter that offered customers 30% in honor of their “Thank You Event.” However, many customers retweeted and responded to the ad with hateful, racist remarks — because the ad featured a photo of a multiracial family. Many of the responses were extremely hateful, exhibiting how miscegenation – the dating […]
Mean Tweets: LGBT Edition
If you’re familiar with or a fan of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, you may be aware of the segment called “Mean Tweets” which features celebrities reading mean tweets about themselves on screen. The purpose of the segment is to provide a humorous commentary on how ridiculous and mean people on social media can be. ProjectHOPEafph.org decided […]
Twitter Will Ban Accounts That Promote Violence Toward LGBT Persons
By Alex Temblador Twitter has recently changed their rules so as to protect many different groups from hateful messages, harassment, and the threat of violence on their social media platform. The social media giant will now ban accounts of persons who use homophobic or transphobic language to threaten or attack other users. According to their […]
The Quick Fall From Grace of Anti-Gay Christian Vloggers Sam and Nia
By Alex Temblador With social media it is all too easy to excitedly post happy news such as a pregnancy announcement or share photos and videos of your children enjoying their daily lives. This is exactly what Christian vloggers Sam and Nia have done by sharing their lives as parents on YouTube. However, in the […]
Celeb Parent Tweets of the Week
By Jacob Ladue Here are a collection of tweets and twitpics you might have missed through out the last week from your favorite celebrity LGBT parents, single parents, and allies. Among them: Neil Patrick Harris showed us his kids are still adorable, Mayim Bialik shared her family Thanksgiving recipes, and Eric Stonestreet prayed for the […]
Celeb Parent Tweets of the Week
By Jacob Ladue Here are a collection of tweets and twitpics you might have missed through out the last couple weeks from your favorite celebrity LGBT and single parents. Among them: Alec Mapa fell asleep during Thor, Jillian Michaels’ kid really had to go to the bathroom, and Ricky Martin promoted his new children’s book! […]