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ABC News reports on Life & Style's insinuation that gender expression may be parent-based, rather than child-based self-expression. In other words, Life & Style may be saying that Angelina is choosing haircuts and outfits for Shiloh - as opposed to Shiloh telling Angelina what she likes and dislikes.

QUESTION: "In your last post, you wrote about choices made during embryo creation. You mentioned "one dad versus two" as an option. How does this work?"

A female Michigan couple tests the boundaries of parental custody - with a lawsuit brought by the non-biological mother of their daughter and twin boys.

It's a battle that may reach the Michigan Supreme Court - and possibly secure joint custody rights for nonbiological, unmarried partners, gay or straight.

The Detroit Free Press reports:

Comedian and actress Roseanne has delivered a strong message in response to Marie Osmond's son committing suicide.

In a blog post titled Marie Osmond's Poor Gay Son Killed Himself she calls on Marie [whose son is rumored to have been gay] to renounce the Mormon Church's anti-gay stance instead of donate and promote her faith.

National Center for Lesbian Rights [NCLR] announced the resolution of the custody dispute between Kim Smith and Maggie Quale in Santa Cruz, California.

According to NCLR - while in a committed relationship for over two years - Smith and Quale had twins together using donated sperm. The couple paid a sperm donor $540 for his donation from their joint bank account. They had twins, and raised them together for approximately six months before breaking up.

While surrogacy is illegal if done in Italy, having a child with the help of a surrogate mother in the U.S. is becoming more popular among Italian gay men. Circle Surrogacy hosted an informational seminar last Fall - about parenting options through surrogacy in the U.S. for Italian and Swiss residents.

At least 50 same-sex couples lined up to apply for marriage licenses the day gay unions became legal there.

Sinjoyla Townsend, 41, and her partner of 12 years, Angelisa Young, 47, claimed the first spot in line just after 6 a.m. They are already domestic partners in the city, so they are converting that partnership into a marriage license.