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Team of 60 volunteers will help Australian moms with five newborns

Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 1:06pm
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Brisbane couple Melissa Keevers (27) and Rosemary Nolan (22) welcomed 5 new lives into their family in January. They immediately contacted Australian Multiple Birth Volunteer Support Program consultant Lynne Dunoon for help. She's searching for 50-60 volunteers to help with their daily parenting operation. Volunteers who pass police checks will chip in with tasks such as settling, feeding and washing baby clothes, between 8am and 10pm daily. Ms Keevers was artificially inseminated with sperm from an anonymous American donor.


First pic of Cynthia and Christine's son

Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 02/13/2011 - 7:10am
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Actress Cynthia Nixon and her partner Christine Marinoni yesterday showed off their son for the first time.

Education activist Christine, 43, who has been in a relationship with Cynthia since 2004, gave birth to Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni in New York on Monday.

The couple had not announced they were expecting a child and have not revealed any details of the child’s biological father.

Cynthia and Christine met at an education rally in 2002 and became a couple two years later. They announced their engagement at a marriage equality rally in New York in 2009.


Birth Announcement: Cynthia Nixon & Christine Marinoni welcome a son

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 02/08/2011 - 3:44pm
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Cynthia Nixon and her partner Christine Marinoni (pictured) are the parents of a boy.

People reports: "Marinoni gave birth to the couple's son, Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni, on Monday, Feb. 7, Nixon's rep confirms. 'Christine and baby are doing great,' her rep tells PEOPLE. Nixon, 44, and Marinoni, 43, began dating in 2004 and announced their engagement in 2009.


'Goldie, Max & Milk' encourages tolerance at Palm Beach's Florida Stage

Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 9:39am
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Goldie, Max & Milk - a play about modern family values - is playing at Florida Stage, in Palm Beach. The story follows Max, a single lesbian and new mom, and her "judgmental Orthodox Jewish lactation consultant who disapproves of Max’s sexual orientation".


Quintuplets for Australian lesbian couple

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 12:04pm
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Melissa Keevers (27) and Rosemary Nolan (21) are expecting five babies to be born around the end of this year. The couple used the same American sperm donor who had fathered their 1-year old daughter. Ms Nolan, who is from Ireland, met Ms Keevers while on holiday in Australia. The pair found the biological father, a 27-year old US law student, through an internet fertility company based in America.


Mom of gay kids calls on parents to ‘come out’

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 9:11am
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Linda Stay, a Utah mother of two gay kids, is calling on other parents with GLBT children to join her in fighting for equality for their sons and daughters. Stay advises on her website, "Share who your children are with your friends, your co-workers, your siblings, with everyone. When you hear derogatory comments about gay or lesbian people ... all you need to say is, ‘I have a gay son or a lesbian daughter.


Lesbian couple dies in car crash

Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 08/04/2010 - 3:22pm
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Longtime partners Ina Mae Murri and Stella Lopez-Armijo died within moments of one another on Saturday, July 17 in southeast Idaho near Preston after they were involved in a car accident. The women were together for more than 35 years and were pioneers in recognition for lesbian mothers as well as role models for many in the LGBT community. They met at a Pride Parade in San Francisco 35 years ago.


Roseanne's Sara Gilbert brings a lesbian mom's perspective to talk show

Submitted by Jeff on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 8:51pm
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Openly gay actress Sara Gilbert will be joining five other women on a new CBS talk show targeted to moms. Sara is mother to two children - along with Allison Adler, her partner of eight years. The two are raising son Levi Hank, born to Allison in 2004, and daughter Sawyer, born to Sara in 2007.

Sara will be joined by Sharon Osbourne, Big Brother host Julie Chen, actress Holly Robinson Peete, Broadway actress Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Leah Remini from King of Queens.


"I would never be the kind of parent to force somebody to be something they are not."

Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 07/14/2010 - 12:35pm
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"I think she (Shiloh) is fascinating, the choices she is making. And I would never be the kind of parent to force somebody to be something they are not. I think that is just bad parenting... Children should be allowed to express themselves in whatever way they wish without anybody judging them because it is an important part of their growth.


Melissa Etheridge's ex files for full custody

Submitted by Jeff on Sun, 07/04/2010 - 3:34pm
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Melissa Etheridge's baby mama, Tammy Lynn Michaels, has filed legal docs asking for full custody of their twin children. According to TMZ Tammy is asking for full legal and physical custody - along with spousal support. She carried the twins to term, after being impregnated by an anonymous sperm donor. In Melissa's docs, she filed for joint legal and physical custody.


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