Scottish Daily Express
Monday November 16,2009
By Natalie Chalk
TRADITIONAL family supporters raised the alarm yesterday after Government research claimed that lesbians made the best parents.
Campaigners said that research paid for with taxpayers’ money to pander to same-sex couples only succeeded in marginalising fathers to the detriment of society.
The National Academy for Parenting Practitioners struck a blow to the heart of the conventional family after it said the latest research showed that children prospered when raised by two women.
The findings gave a boost to gay and lesbian families who claim they face discrimination over wanting to adopt or use sperm donations.
About Me
- Leland Traiman
- I have worked most of my adult life for equal rights for lesbians and gay men. I chaired the 1984 Domestic Partner Task Force for the City of Berkeley which wrote the first domestic partner policy enacted into law. I was the first coordinator for the Berkeley Gay Men's Health Collective in 1977. I successfully fought the Food and Drug Administration when the FDA tried to make it illegal for gay men to be sperm donors. (The FDA still "advises" against using gay sperm donors but there is no legal prohibition against gay donor in FDA regulations.) I currently run the world's only gay sperm bank and fertility service, Rainbow Flag Health Services. Rainbow Flag's current focus is to assist women who wish to do fresh insemination with a known donor. I live with my husband of two decades and our two children. Contact: leland@gayspermbank.com