The cost remains high, and a good lawyer is essential. Yet despite complications, the idea of becoming a biological dad with help from a surrogate mother is gaining allure among gay men as the status of "married with children" grows ever more possible.
With same-sex marriage now legal in California even to nonresidents, and Massachusetts extending its 4-year-old gay-marriage policy to out-of-staters, in-wedlock parenting is suddenly a realistic option for gays and lesbians nationwide, even if their home state won't recognize the union.
Fertility clinics and surrogacy programs report increased interest from gay men, while couples who already have children are getting married -- or considering it -- to provide more security for those kids. Full story...
Hotel guest Dr Bai was annoyed his breakfast was taking such a long time and was quite pleased to finally see a waiter arrive at his table - but this was no ordinary waiter.
A gay version of the Bible, in which God says it is better to be gay than straight, is to be published by an American film producer.
Neal Boulton is the editor of Genre, the gay men's magazine, and something called BastardLife.
Liverpool's Anglican cathedral held a well-attended memorial service for a young gay man on Saturday.
Mikaela Sutherland Dunitz
In 1961, less than 50 years ago, President-elect Barack Obama's parents could not have married in half of the United States of America.
More than 500,000 people have died from Aids-related illnesses in the US in the last 27 years - but has Aids really changed the country?
The actor Paul Michael Glaser, who presents a Radio 2 documentary on the subject on Tuesday, has no doubt it has had a tremendous impact at a personal level.
Backers of a constitutional ban on gay marriage plan to reintroduce the proposal in next year's legislature, but in a slightly revised form.
Waiting to die
The BBC is following the lives of seven people from a community in Lesotho, as they struggle to live with the HIV crisis.
By Bob Smietana, The (Nashville) Tennessean
SMYRNA, Tenn. — In the rows of spinach and collard greens behind All Saints Episcopal Church, a quiet resurrection is underway.
The unexpectedly large and boisterous crowd that rallied against California's Proposition 8 at Philadelphia City Hall on a recent Saturday marked a turning point for the gay community.
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