Bryan Fischer: Being gay is the ‘result of a birth defect’ and mothers would...
Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association (AFA) has interpreted a genetic study to mean being gay is the “result of a birth defect” and has suggested that parents would be more likely to abort...
View ArticleAnti-gay UKIP candidate calls for compulsory abortion of Down’s syndrome...
A UKIP candidate, who described same-sex marriage as an “abhorrence”, and called for an NHS review to look at compulsory abortion if a foetus has Down’s syndrome or spina bifida, has been suspended....
View ArticleTransgender Big Brother star Luke Anderson: I want to start a family
Big Brother 2012 winner Luke Anderson says he hopes to start a family in the new year. The 31-year-old became the highest ranking transgender person on the Independent on Sunday’s Pink List in 2012 –...
View ArticleGermany: First European state to introduce a third option for gender
From today, Germany becomes the first country in Europe to give parents the choice to leave the child’s gender indeterminate on their birth certificate. From 1 November, birth certificates in Germany...
View ArticleTesco worker tells lesbian customer: Gay people shouldn’t have babies
Tesco has apologised to a same-sex couple, after a checkout worker allegedly told them that gay people “shouldn’t have babies”. The incident occurred when Natalie Rivans was shopping with her...
View ArticleTesco manager to meet with lesbians who were told ‘gay people shouldn’t have...
The store manager of a branch of Tesco has offered to meet with a lesbian couple who were told by a staff member that “gay people shouldn’t have babies”. The incident occurred when Natalie Rivans was...
View ArticleBritain becomes first country to approve three-person babies
The UK has become the first country to approve a law to allow babies to be created from the DNA of three people. This evening the House of Lords approved the modified IVF bill. Under the new rules, IVF...
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Bill would refuse to recognise babies have been born, unless they have a father
A Republican-backed bill in the state of Illinois would ban the issuing of birth certificates to children without a listed father. The legislation, submitted by Republicans John Cavaletto and Keith...
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When do children develop their gender identity? How kids are more fluid than...
Vanessa LoBue, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University Newark, tackles some misconceptions about children’s ideas of gender. Gender is generally thought of as a stable trait: we are...
View ArticleBritish first: Babies can now be made from three parents in the UK
The UK has become the first country in the world to allow babies to be made from two women and one man, as the fertility regulator approves the measures. The first baby born of three parents is...
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Mothers who get sex hormone are ‘five times more likely’ to have a gay or bi...
Women who are given additional doses of a sex hormone are more likely to have a bisexual baby, new research has found. The children whose mothers were exposed to progesterone during the decades-long...
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Lesbian couple welcomes ‘miracle’ IVF triplets
A same-sex couple who were told they could never have children have celebrated the arrival of ‘miracle’ triplets. Megan Taylor, 28 and Joy Stevenson, 48 always dreamt about the possibility of becoming...
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The Pope claims accepting transgender people will make everyone infertile
Pope Francis has said that technological advances which enable transitioning are making straight people infertile. The pontiff also condemned the concept of non-binary people, saying that this too...
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Same-sex couples could soon be biological parents after a huge scientific...
A groundbreaking scientific development means same-sex couples may soon be able to be biological parents. Last month, scientists in Britain announced a major breakthrough that means it may one day be...
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Rachel Maddow breaks down on live TV during report about detention centre for...
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow broke down in tears during a live TV segment yesterday about detention facilities for babies and children under the age of three. The moment comes after a storm of criticism...
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NHS told: Offer transgender patients fertility treatments or face legal action
A governmental body has threatened NHS England with legal action if does not start giving transgender people equal access to fertility treatments. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a...
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