Family

BERLIN — Germany's highest court strengthened gay couples' adoption rights in a ruling Tuesday that the country's justice minister greeted as "a historic step." [ Read more → ]

Kristy McNichol, the 1970's child actress who won two Emmy Awards for her role as the tom-boyish Buddy Lawrence in the acclaimed ABC television drama “Family,” and who later starred in NBC's “Empty Nest,” has come out as lesbian. McNichol, 49, who has lived with... [ Read more → ]

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. To every man who makes a difference in someone's life, and teaches people to have no fear. [ Read more → ]

A Father's Day smile for you: when camping under the stars with Dad horrified me, and how his wish that I "stand out from the crowd" produced a shameless activist. A simple story of love and gratitude. [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY -- Extremist and anti-gay Utah state Representative LaVar Christensen has introduced House Bill 270, called the “Family Policy” bill. [ Read more → ]

In her new HBO documentary, Rosie O'Donnell brings together a diverse group of families, letting the kids offer their candid and humorous insights about what being a family means. Produced by O'Donnell, who also makes a brief appearance, A Family Is a Family Is a... [ Read more → ]

Florida's outdated gay adoption ban took another hit after a Miami judge approved the adoption by a lesbian couple. [caption id="attachment_5671" align="alignleft" width="320" caption="Alenier, right, and Leon, with their adopted son.(Miami Herald photo) "][/caption] Vanessa Alenier and Melanie Leon of Hollywood, FL, became the third... [ Read more → ]