<![CDATA[Can gay people have families?]]>Yes!  LGBT people can and do have families.  Same-sex couples do form committed and loving relationships. In the United States many same-sex couples choose to celebrate their love with commitment ceremonies or civil unions, although these couples are not offered the rights and benefits of marriage.  More and more LGBT couples are also raising children together, although state laws on adoption and foster parenting vary.  And of course, many LGBT people have the support of the loving families they were born into, or the families that they have created with their other friends and loved ones. As the saying goes, all it takes is love to make a family. - See more at: http://community.pflag.org/page.aspx?pid=290#sthash.LKLUekOW.dpuf

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/topic/12083/can-gay-people-have-familiesRSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 12:26:32 GMTSun, 26 Oct 2014 19:50:27 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Can gay people have families? on Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:43:28 GMT]]>@FairyFae:

My mother has my brothers and me! She and her partner have been together for 30+ years. They live in Kansas where gay marriage hasn't been formally legalized yet, but the laws allow for them to be common-law married now. So when my mom had a stroke, her partner, my stepmom, went to a lawyer to find out if she could legally handle Mom's affairs and found out because they had a formal ceremony of committment in front of witnesses (300 of us!) they are married in the eyes of the law. 🙂
So yes. Family we are! ❤

:congrats:

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/123152https://community.gaytor.rent/post/123152Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:43:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can gay people have families? on Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:55:56 GMT]]>My mother has my brothers and me! She and her partner have been together for 30+ years. They live in Kansas where gay marriage hasn't been formally legalized yet, but the laws allow for them to be common-law married now. So when my mom had a stroke, her partner, my stepmom, went to a lawyer to find out if she could legally handle Mom's affairs and found out because they had a formal ceremony of committment in front of witnesses (300 of us!) they are married in the eyes of the law. 🙂
So yes. Family we are! ❤

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/122853https://community.gaytor.rent/post/122853Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:55:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can gay people have families? on Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:37:11 GMT]]>Of course. I have 2 biological children. No partner as of yet, but that's my family.

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/122852https://community.gaytor.rent/post/122852Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:37:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can gay people have families? on Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:27:46 GMT]]>@scramer:

Florida is due to change soon due to a 2014 ruling iirc.

The stay ends on 5 Jan 2015, so gay marriage will be legal starting on the 6th.

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115966https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115966Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:27:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can gay people have families? on Fri, 02 Jan 2015 01:53:32 GMT]]>Florida is due to change soon due to a 2014 ruling iirc.

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115869https://community.gaytor.rent/post/115869Fri, 02 Jan 2015 01:53:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Can gay people have families? on Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:14:28 GMT]]>Depends on the country I suppose.
But mostly yes. Isn't it?

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