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Forever Mine: Why LGBTQ+ Parents Should Consider Adopting Their Own Children

This National Adoption Month, an attorney for Family Equality highlights a different type of adoption: stepparent, second parent, and confirmatory adoption for LGBTQ+ parents.

Just Deal With It: Married Same-Sex Couples Deal Better With Stress

A new study shows that married same-sex couples are more collaborative.

Study: Gay People Have Happier Marriages Than Straight People

New research shows that men in same-sex marriages are better at task-sharing and spend more time with their kids than straight peers.

Study: Female Couples Break Up Twice as Often as Male Couples

An expansive study on same- and opposite-sex couples delivered some intriguing results. 

Conservative SCOTUS Announces Another Pro-LGBTQ+ Decision

Indiana officials were seeking to undermine marriage equality, but the justices refused to hear the case.

Fathers Sue State Dept., Pompeo Over Denial of Child's Citizenship

Roee and Adiel Kiviti say the State Department is treating their daughter as if her parents' marriage did not exist.

Alaska Supreme Court: Tax Law Biased Against Gay Couples

Three same-sex couples challenged Alaska's law that restricts their access to certain tax benefits because they cannot legally marry in their state.

Kids of Same-Sex Parents Perform Better Academically, Study Says

Same-sex couples must be intentional about having kids, which may contribute to the differences in academic outcomes.

Op-ed: 5 Questions to Ask Before Tying the Knot

Just because the federal government will recognize same-sex marriages doesn't make everything easier.

Miss. Couples Take Aim at Antigay Adoption Ban

New filings by their lawyers contend these roadblocks are not even 'potholes,' and further tear apart the discredited Regnerus study on same-sex parents.

Tax Day 2008: The Cost of Being Gay

Find out all the hidden costs of being gay and what you can do to save money and protect you and your loved ones.

Explosive Growth in LGBTQ+ Parenting Recorded In This Country

One in six children were adopted by same-sex couples in this European country.

Governor Decides in Favor of Equal Access to Fertility Services

California governor Jerry Brown has just signed groundbreaking legislation that removes barriers to access to fertility services for single people and same-sex couples.

Georgia Same-Sex Couple Sues Over Denial of Child's Citizenship

When children are born abroad or one parent is from another country, the State Department applies different standards to same-sex couples than opposite-sex ones, the lawsuit says.

STUDY: Married Gay Dads Make the Most Money

The Treasury Department has released what may be the most accurate survey yet of where married same-sex couples live and how much money they make.

Op-ed: Exactly How the Court's Decision Affects You, by the Numbers

On matters from Social Security to immigration, the Supreme Court's rulings on two marriage cases changed the game for millions of LGBT Americans.

Suit Challenges Nebraska's Refusal to Recognize Same-Sex Parents

Two women, formerly a couple, are suing because the state wouldn't list both of them on their sons' birth certificates.

Here are all the ways marriage equality has been 'unambiguously positive' for America

The study from the RAND Corp. comes 20 years after the first legal marriages for same-sex couples took place in Massachusetts.

In the South, We're Still Fighting for Marriage Rights

Arkansas is the latest Southern state to declare war against same-sex marriage and parenting.