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Queensland media is reporting on one gay man's challenge to build a family. His sister is having a baby for him via surrogacy, and she was inseminated with anonymous donor sperm. The child will not have interaction with the biological father.

According to a news source:

Stephen Page, a partner at Brisbane's Harrington Family Lawyers and an expert on gay and lesbian law issues, said all surrogacy arrangements in Queensland were illegal.

A San Diego-area sixth-grader's report on Harvey Milk was not welcomed by the school's principal, the L.A. Times reports:

Family Equality Council [FEC] notified its members about a new resource called All in God's Family.

In an email, Jennifer Chrisler, Executive Director of FEC, explains the faith curriculum that was created by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Institute for Welcoming Resources, COLAGE and FEC:

"All in God's Family provides a guiding hand to those who seek to make their faith communities more knowledgeable about and inclusive of LGBT families, from lessons on scripture to activity suggestions and more..."

Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi are the most trusted celebrity babysitters. That's the opinion of most of the American women who participated in a recent online poll.

DeGeneres and de Rossi, who married in California, have topped the poll, which asked Americans which celebrities they would feel most comfortable leaving their kids with.

More than 10,000 moms participated in the poll, and chose the openly lesbian couple as their most trusted celebrity babysitter.

DeGeneres and de Rossi, who have no children, won the poll after beating out Angelina Jolie and partner Brad Pitt.

Pop legend Marie Osmond [pictured] has spoken out in support of her daughter after a tabloid magazine reported that she is a lesbian.

In an interview with Los Angeles radio station KOST 103.5, Marie Osmond confirmed that her oldest daughter Jessica is a lesbian — calling her a "magnificent woman" and stating that she supports her daughter and believes in equal rights for gays and lesbians under the law.

The AP reports that the Washington D.C. City Council voted to recognize same-sex marriages from states that approve them, a step that The Huffington Post believes could propel the sensitive issue into Congress and draw Democrats into a "culture-war" battle with each other.

The city council vote is considered the first step toward eventually allowing gay marriages to be performed in Washington. Congress, which has final say over the city's laws, has 30 days to review the bill, assuming Democratic Mayor Adrian Fenty, a supporter, signs it.

So, there's this old pervert in the swamps of Lake Okeechobee, Florida who thinks that Gay and Straight Alliances - in high schools - are hook-up spots for sex. Like "sex clubs".

Attorney for a local school district, David Gibbs, says that Florida law requires schools to teach abstinence, "while teaching the benefits of monogamous heterosexual marriage."

He's implying that sex - not abstinence - occurs at the GSA meetings!