Building Rainbow Families
By Lynne Maxwell -- Library Journal, 4/1/2008
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6542286.htmlWhile gay parenthood has existed from time immemorial, it has only emerged as a viable means of family building within the past 20 years. Celebrities like Melissa Etheridge, who had children with ex-partner Julie Cypher and sperm donor David Crosby, and Rosie O'Donnell, who adopted, have ushered gay parenting into the popular consciousness and helped it earn relative acceptance.
