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Newly signed legislation bars single people from marriage equality nations from adopting Russian children and reiterates the prohibition on adoptions by same-sex couples.

Florida attorney general Bill McCollum announced Friday that he will not that he will not appeal last month’s ruling by a state appellate court striking down a state law barring gay people from adopting.

Texas woman is pregnant via embryos left over from another couple's invitro fertilization attempt.

Lesbian fave and bisexual babe Jillian Michaels graces the cover of the May issue of Women's Health magazine, sharing some surprising secrets. "The Biggest Loser" star dishes about staying healthy, working out, adopting children and dating both sexes. According to the magazine, "Jillian would rather hang with best pal actress Vanessa Marcil than go to parties, she does squeeze in time for dates - with men or women. 'I've been in love with both.'"

The measure, passed in February, allows lesbians to recognize their partner's children without adoption procedures.

A Season Finale means maximum drama, and The Fosters does nothing but deliver.

A new report shows that things may be turning around for gay couples, especially in Massachusetts, California, New York, and Texas.

The Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels has completed and filed her child adoption paperwork with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Florida's gay adoption ban took another punch after a Miami judge approved the adoption of a 1-year-old girl by a lesbian couple in Hollywood. Vanessa Alenier who took custody of an infant relative, lives with her longtime partner, Melanie Leon. The decision by Miami-Dade Court Circuit Judge Maria Sampedro-Iglesia is the third finalized adoption...

Germany's gay penguins are proud papas after taking in a chick abandoned by a negligent straight couple of penguins at the Bremerhaven Zoo. The gay penguins, Z and Vielpunkt, adopted a baby chick whose egg they cared for before it hatched.

Kentucky's Anti Gay adoption bill is D.O.A. The controversial Senate Bill 68 that sought to ban anyone “co-habitating with a sexual partner outside of marriage” from adopting or fostering children is dead in the water.

Michigan's Governor has signed a bill granting faith-based adoption agencies in the state the power to refuse to allow LGBT people to adopt, or place foster children in homes headed by LGBT Michiganders.

Lawmakers will vote soon on a bill that would allow state-contracted adoption agencies to reject gay or lesbian parents on religious grounds.

Jake T. Austin made a name for himself as Max Russo on Disney's popular Wizards of Waverly Place series, opposite Selena Gomez.

Out bisexual Jillian Michaels "been matched with a little girl… So now, it's just a matter of trying to get her home.”

Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels is planning to take a hiatus from television to start raising her first child. Michaels, 36, told Access Hollywood she has completed the proper paperwork, had a physical, and gone through an FBI background check as part of the process of adopting a child from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Michaels said she wants to concentrate on raising the child and then return to television in 2012. 

A bill that would allow same-sex couples to adopt children was passed Thursday by the lower house of parliament in New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state.

Arkansas judge Christopher C. Piazza ruled on Friday that the state's ban on gay adoption is unconstitutional. The law was approved in 2008 by 57% of the voters and was initially proposed to protect children from abuse and neglect because children do better when raised in a traditional family setting with married parents.