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Annette Bening supported Golden Globes organizers who kept anti-gay protesters away from the ceremony. Members of the right-wing Westboro Baptist Church, attempted to picket the event.

Organizers of the Golden Globes (the Hollywood Foreign Press Association) made certain the demonstrators did not get near the awards show.

The Critics Choice Awards has released its list of honorees and The Kids Are Alright has received 4 nominations. Annette Bening has been honored with a Best Actress nomination for her role as a lesbian mom. Mark Ruffalo is nominated as Best Supporting Actor for his role as the bio-daddy. The film also landed a nomination for Best Acting Ensemble. To top it off, The Kids Are All Right is also nominated as Best Original Screenplay for the work of Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg.

In a 2007 interview, Elizabeth Edwards (pictured) described herself as “completely comfortable with gay marriage,” so the hate group from Westboro Baptist Church picketed her funeral. But the haters were overwhelmed by a “human buffer” of people who quietly stood in the rain singing Christmas carols and carrying signs reading “God loves Elizabeth Edwards” or simply “Grace” and “Hope.” The tiny church is notorious for its homophobic protests outside funerals for those who served in the military. The U.S.

In one of the first cases of its kind in Britain, a woman is set to make history by acting as a surrogate for her brother and his gay partner. Fertility expert Dr Kamal Ahuja says, "The definition of a traditional family is progressively fading. Though we had concerns some years ago, the evidence now is that we need not worry in terms of same-sex parenting.

Families of the future may combine up to five parents. Regardless of culture, the evidence is that children adapt well and it’s the quality of the nurturing environment which is important."

"I've spent my entire life - and I'm 60 years of age right now - I've spent my entire life being gay, being a lesbian woman... I knew I was gay from day one," so says one of Forbes World's Most Powerful Women - Suze Orman.

She continues, "One by one we started to talk to each other, and it got better. I knew that if I was just willing to be who I am that the world would eventually change and accept people like me - and look at me now!

Singer/songwriter Jewel expresses her sorrow and support for young people being bullied at school because of their sexual orientation. Her first love was a gay boy, who was made to leave home at an early age by his parents after he came out to them. She says, "Nobody should feel bad about themselves because of the way they were born". And she says her gay and lesbian friends are some of the most genuine because of what they've had to endure. Jewel says, "Be loud and be proud! It gets better."

ABC News Radio reports that Pink says her new song Raise Your Glass is meant to celebrate those who feel left out. The singer told InDemand.fm she'll be "celebrating a gay wedding [in the video]," and explained the scene was inspired by her personal experience. She revealed, "I threw my best friend's wedding in my backyard [she] is gay...and it was absolutely beautiful. And the end of it, her mom said, 'Why can't this be legal?' and started crying.