The folks over at gay family web have been kind enough to give us an update on their sperm donor clinic and their upcoming family pride events. Well done to them on their wonderful success

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is to hear the appeal of a Chilean mother in a custody case over her daughters. Karen Atala had her daughters taken from her in 2005 when she moved in with her partner, Emma. Her case was the first of its kind and we all hope the court will end the institutionalised homophobia that she has faced in this custody battle over the past 7 years.

If I wanted to impress people, I could tell them I decided to buy my son a toy broom to help develop his proprioceptive system, which as we all know (cough, cough) is critical for the ability to memorize abstract shapes required to learn to write.

Charting and ovulation predictor kits and checking cervical mucus be damned. I think we missed ovulation. I rang our donor but he was busy that evening. We made plans to go ahead a bit early and go the next morning. However, if I actually ovulated when I felt that pain, the next day was far too late.

After decades of being told that heterosexual marriage is “the basis of family” and “every child needs a father”, we finally have the truth. Lesbian couples are better parents. According to the study in the US “daughters and sons of lesbian mothers were rated significantly higher in social, school/academic, and total competence and significantly lower in social problems, rule-breaking, aggressive, and externalizing problem behavior”.

So, you have your donor, you’re doing your thing and month after month nothing. Zero. Nada. That damned line is looking mockingly at you. What have you done wrong? What could you do better? Is there something wrong with you/your partner/your donor?

The Supreme Court has judged that the sperm donor to a lesbian couple should have access rights to the child born from his donated sperm. The man, known as ‘A’, had agreed in 2005 that he would not assume the role of father to any child born of the arangement, but would be a ‘favourite uncle’. He went as far as to sign an agreement ensuring that this would remain the case. Then he changed his mind.

Good morning, * looks at clock * or should I say good afternoon folks. Apologies, its been one of those weeks and I think SAD is kicking in. So, to drag myself away from that depressive state, I will light up your evening by telling you its 121 days to Christmas. I can get away with it too because the other gaelickers are working away ignoring me and my little typewriter.

We had been discussing this with friends as we were both sick of what seemed to the secrecy around same sex parents. We would see same sex families but have no idea how they did it. It was none of our business of course and god knows we weren’t going to go up to a complete stranger and ask where their baby came from!

As soon as you tell people you and your partner are looking into this, they will ask you all of the above, ad nauseum. People mean well but they honestly think you haven’t stayed awake at night worrying about how whether your sexuality will mean that your child is bullied in school?

From April 6th 2009 bother parents will be automatically named on a childs birth cert if they have undergone IVF treatment. This new UK law is a step in the right direction for parenting

My partner and I have been together since the 20th century. Imagine! As with any relationship, when things start to get serious, conversation leads to serious things; grown up things like where do you want to live, do you want to travel, is marriage something you look towards, do you want to have kids some day? There’s nothing more natural in the evolution of any loving relationship.

For those of us who want to have children, there are several ways of going about it. If you’re interested in fostering then here’s the second part of an interview which will hopefuuly answer some of your questions

For those of us who want to have children, there are several ways of going about it. If you’re interested in fostering then this interview will hopefuuly answer some of your questions