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Mich. lesbians attempting to change state adoption laws

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn a Michigan law which bars unmarried couples from adopting children together.  The Hazel Park couple are parents to three children who were surrendered as newborns into their … Continue reading →


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Census shows rise in adoptions by same-sex couples

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

According to new census data, the number of same-sex couples with adopted children in their household has more than doubled since 2000.  Gary Gates, a demographer at the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law at the University of California, Los … Continue reading →


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Daily Outline: April 19, 2010

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AZ governor signs bill requiring married, hetersexual couples to get priority for adoptions and foster care; Queerty blog ends publication; Actress Evan Rachel Wood is a “romantic” bisexual; Elton John to start 3-year residency at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas … Continue reading →


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Daily Outline: April 7, 2011

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Jackson, Mich. officials defend the hiring of anti-gay Crystal Dixon as HR director; ENDA officially introduced to the House; Arkansas to allow same-sex couples to adopt; Prop. 8′s Judge Vaughn Walker publicly comes out as gay; New study finds 9 … Continue reading →


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Daily Outline: February 15, 2011

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

Michigan weighs same-sex adoptions; Motor City Pride moving from Ferndale to Detroit; Western Mich. high school agrees to gender-neutral prom court; Lesbian Methodist minister faces removal from her post for “being a self-avowed, practicing homosexual.” A new bill being debated … Continue reading →


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Daily Outline: October 22, 2010

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Florida’s gay adoption ban officially ends; DADT is back…for now; “It Gets Better” book is on its way.
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Daily Outline: October 12, 2010

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Permanent injunction issued against DADT; Dept. of Justice files required appeals in 2 DOMA cases; HRC delivers 150,000 signatures to Mormon Church headquarters asking for retraction of Boyd K. Packer’s anti-gay remarks; Florida Dept. of Children and Families will not … Continue reading →


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Daily Outline: September 22, 2010

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

Florida overturns ban on gay adoptions; Anti-gay mega-church televangelist accused of coercing 2 teen boys into sexual relationships; Rosie O’Donnell says she and new girlfriend are like the “Gay-dy Bunch”; Newsies to take the stage. A Florida Intermediate Court of … Continue reading →


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