
The following can be attributed to Jennifer Chrisler, Executive Director of the Family Equality Council
“Much like Rosie O’Donnell, the announcement that Clay Aiken is gay reinforces a simple reality: the American public can no longer say it does not know a gay or lesbian parent. Clay Aiken’s desire to raise a child in an open and honest manner will make his life, and his son’s, all the better. We hope he and his son find all the happiness they deserve, and the Family Equality Council will work toward the day that Clay and Parker Foster Aiken can enjoy the same rights as other American families.”
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The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Community Center in New York City opened its doors to three roommates of the upcoming “Real World: Brooklyn.” Three out of eight roommates chose to pursue their passions with three-month long volunteer internships at the Center, the nation’s leading and most comprehensive LGBT community center for over a quarter century. The wildly popular MTV program has been a pioneer in both reality television as well as LGBT visibility

Today the Williams Institute announced two new reports from The U.S.A. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS), finding that children raised in lesbian families are as healthy and well-adjusted as children raised in heterosexual families.

Groundbreaking Research on Family Rejection of LGB Adolescents Establishes Predictive Link to Negative Health Outcomes
For the first time, researchers have established a clear link between rejecting behaviors of families towards lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents and negative health outcomes in early adulthood.

Social networking that gives back to LGBT Organizations
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally (LGBTA) community will get a new home on the web with FriendsYouKnow.com, a social networking website launching in Beta on June 9 in time for Pride month.

Long overlooked by society at large, and even by younger gays, elderly gays and lesbians are emerging as distinct community, getting more help and attention as they confront challenges that differ in many ways from their heterosexual counterparts.
