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...become more common. Helena Tuma, 33, and her daughter, 3, share an apartment near Los Angeles with Anne Barber, 28, and her son, 5. They recently looked into renting a house together--they plan to sign a one-year lease--and a real estate agent assumed they were a lesbian couple. They are not, but Tuma says their platonic friendship has advantages over married life. "It's like having a marriage," explains Tuma, "without all the ties and the yucky stuff...
...recent decision by Rosie O'Donnell, an adoptive mother of three, to come out as a lesbian was a reminder that more and more gay people are having families. For the most part, gay families are just like other families, dealing with soccer practice, homework and daily chores, but the kids and parents in these households must also cope with special problems that range from confronting discrimination to being the only kid with two moms at the PTA meeting. "Gay-specific issues include whom to come out to, isolation and the need for validation--especially for kids," says Terry Boggis...
...meet those needs, the gay community, once primarily the domain of single adults, has begun to respond with an array of support services, including potluck dinners, websites and conferences, sponsored by groups like Family Pride Coalition, which focuses on the needs of gay parents, and Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE), which is dedicated exclusively to helping the kids. Even gay and lesbian community centers have begun adding family activities: in the past two years, centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco have launched family programs with services like Parent and Me, for parents with newborns...
Around 50 queer students and supporters maintained a vow of silence from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. as part of a National Day of Silence to draw attention to prejudice and harassment directed against the bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender community...
...event kicked off celebrations for “Gaypril,” the month of pride for the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) featuring a dance, a pre-frosh weekend table and an Institute of Politics seminar, according to BGLTSA Political Chair Mathew C. Dewitz...