The trend of gays and lesbians becoming parents has even been dubbed the 'gayby' boom in recent articles about the subject.

But gay leaders have also begun fighting for a slate of family rights including social security, medical benefits, inheritance, child custody and even gay marriage. For a growing number of homosexual men and women, such family concerns are a day-to-day reality: a new generation of gay parents has produced the first-ever 'gayby boom.'