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Gay Couples Hit New Stage: Grandparents

Some out and proud, others fear damaging relations with the kids

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Feb 7, 2008 3:00 PM CST

(Newser) – A t-shirt slogan—"I love my trailblazing, woman-loving, out and proud grandma"—is proof: A growing demographic of gay couples who had kids in the 1970s are now grandparents. Gay-rights groups tell the Philadelphia Inquirer that such role models show kids how the... Read full story »

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