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Leading child development expert Professor Stephen Scott, recently said evidence showed that children raised by gay women went on to do better in life. 'Lesbians make better parents than a man and a woman,' he declared. Professor Scott is thought to have been drawing on research from Birkbeck College and Clark University in Massachusetts, which suggests that children brought up by female couples are more likely to aspire to professions that were traditionally considered male. The UK's state-funded national adoption agency created a guide for gay couples.

The Conservative-led government in the U.K. endorses same-sex marriage, and has announced legislation legalizing marriage equality before the next general election, scheduled for 2015.This is lead by the prime minister's conviction for the issue. In 2006 Cameron declared, "There's something special about marriage. It's not about religion. It's not about morality.

Redvers Stokes is a 12-year old English boy who has a drag persona named "Naughty Nora." He wins drag competitions and makes appearances at local events because his town loves him. "I don't think there's anything wrong with it, I think it's really funny," he says. "And my friends think it's really cool. I've always been open to new things. I might like dressing up in women's clothes but I still like girls. It's just a little hobby of mine." England's Cornwall region has a population of about 1,000 people.

Barnardo's is a British charity founded in 1866, to care for vulnerable children and young people. Now it's chief executive Anne Marie Carrie said there is no room for prejudice as a survey showed one in three people think gay couples will make worse parents than those in heterosexual relationships.

The law which said that every child needs a father has been relaxed in the UK, so there's been a rapid increase in the number of lesbian couples using IVF treatment. The same trend has also been noticed in single women.

Records show the number of lesbian couples seeking IVF has doubled and the rise has tripled among single women. In 2009, 350 lesbian couples underwent the treatment - in '07, the number was 176. As for the single women, the rise has been from 347 in '07 to 1,070 in '09.

The Press Association reports that a recovering drug addict whose two children are reportedly to be adopted by a gay couple has told how she had wanted them to have a "mum and dad".

Lucy Durnin - from U.K.'s Pink News - is reporting that an Irish gay man who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple has lost his legal bid for guardianship to his biological child.

The man filed the proposal in court although he signed an agreement that he would not seek the role of father but - instead - act as a 'uncle' and have access to the child at the discretion of the couple.