Seeking LGBTQ Families in the Midwest for Documentary Series
LOVE COMES FIRST is coming to the Midwest for a documentary series focusing on LGBTQ families and their ongoing struggles for equality in an era of backlash. If you or a family you know is facing issues of discrimination (religious, on the job or at school) economic...
LGBTQ Family & Parenting News Roundup 2018
At Love Comes First we keep up on the latest in LGBTQ family and parenting news, and share relevant stories with our followers via our Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr channels. Here are the some of the biggest stories from 2018. If you know anyone who might be interested...
LGBTQ Family & Parenting News Roundup September 2018
At Love Comes First we keep up on the latest in LGBTQ family and parenting news, and share relevant stories with our followers via our Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr channels. Here are the biggest stories from September. If you know anyone who might be interested please...
LGBTQ Family & Parenting News Roundup August 2018
At Love Comes First we keep up on the latest in LGBTQ family and parenting news, and share relevant stories with our followers via our Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr channels. Here are the biggest stories from August. If you know anyone who might be interested please...
LGBTQ Family & Parenting News Roundup July 2018
At Love Comes First we keep up on the latest in LGBTQ family and parenting news, and share relevant stories with our followers via our Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr channels. Here are the biggest stories from July. If you know anyone who might be interested please...
LGBTQ Family & Parenting News Roundup June 2018
At Love Comes First we keep up on the latest in LGBTQ family and parenting news, and share relevant stories with our followers via our Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr channels. Here are the biggest stories from June. If you know anyone who might be interested please...
LGBTQ Family & Parenting News Roundup
Photo source At Love Comes First we keep up on the latest in LGBTQ family and parenting news, and share relevant stories with our followers via our Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr channels. Here are the biggest stories from May. If you know anyone who might be interested...
LGBTQ Family & Parenting News Roundup
Photo via @meaws_com / Twitter At Love Comes First we keep up on the latest in LGBTQ family and parenting news, and share relevant stories with our followers via our Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr channels. Here are the biggest stories from April. If you know anyone who...
Growing Calls in the US and UK for LGBTQ Foster and Adoptive Parents
Photo via Philly.com Recently cities including Philadelphia in the US and Bristol in England, plus the country of Wales, have been putting out the call for LGBTQ parents who are interested in fostering and adoption. Here are the latest calls, if you are interested or...
Love Comes First Year In Review 2017
Happy Holidays everyone! Welcome to our 2017 year in review. In 2017, our families worked for our rights and for visibility, and we carry this activity into 2018. Parents fought for and won rights to be listed on birth certificates (nationwide, Florida, South...
New Video: Trans Parents Prepare for “Dream Baby”
This is Part 2 of our series on Sam and Lissa. See Part 1 here. First they hoped their doctor would be able to harvest trans man Sam’s eggs. Then they hoped the embryo created with Sam’s egg and donor sperm would result in a pregnancy for Lissa on the...
Tell Us Your Story. Help Change Hearts and Minds.
We are so proud to see so many hearts filling up the Love Comes First Family Map! If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, take a look here. And while it’s wonderful to see so many LGBTQ families across the country, we also realize that legal equality does not...
New Video > Trans Parents Embark on Family-Building Journey
When Sam, who is trans, and Lissa, who identifies as queer, met at a New Year’s Eve party, they immediately fell in love. They also discovered that they both wanted to start a family. Sam had actually gone off hormones some years before in hopes of having a...
New Video: Reproductive Possibilities for Trans Families
Exciting options for creating biological families for trans parents have emerged in the last ten years. As described by reproductive endocrinologist, Marjorie Dixon, MD, these include the ability for trans men to restart ovulation with the suppression of androgens and...Love Comes First Year in Review 2016
While 2016 presented some challenges for the LGBT community, including the horrific loss of lives at the Pulse Nighclub (see a moving tribute video here), and the election of a presidential ticket whose platform was called “the most anti-LGBT in the...
New Video: Perez Hilton Gets Real on Family Values
When celebrity blogger and entertainer Perez Hilton had his first child, it was so surprising that he was a trending topic on Twitter for 24 hours. Now the single gay dad of toddlers, Mario and Mia, Perez opens up about his family life — from choosing an egg...
New Video: New Baby Makes Four for Gay Dads!
After adopting twin girls, Jackie and Jasmine, and their brother, Jake, Byron didn’t realize his family was still incomplete — that is until meeting his partner Anthony, and adopting their fourth child, baby Mariah. Now the family of six enjoy everything from...
GloZell Babysits for Gay Dads and their Four Kids
YouTube celebrity GloZell Green’s recent path to parenthood via surrogacy has been widely documented – from People Magazine to her own docu-series. Perhaps less known is her tremendous support for the LGBTQ community. When given the chance to interview President...
New Video: Gay Siblings Co-Parent with their Partners
Claudia and Rosie first met when they were small children in Mexico. As the two got older, their friendship developed into a relationship, only now Claudia was living in the United States while Rosie began to experience bullying for being a lesbian in her native...