Wow, didn’t actually think this kind of thing truly existed. In the US, the movie The Delivery Man was released after the Canadian version, Starbuck was a big hit with critics and fans alike. The movie centered around a man who donated sperm over 600 times in a short period of time and through a mix up in the clinic, ended up being the biological father of over 500 children. In the movie, his sperm was apparently exremely virile, and apparently, extremely virile sperm is a very real thing.

A European man named Ed Houben has just fathered his 98th child. He considers himself a voluntary sperm donator, with one catch; he donates the sperm in the most traditional way imaginable, through intercourse. He has been helping single women, lesbian couples as well as heterosexual couples having fertility problems. Houben doesn’t draw up any contracts at this point as he depends on the goodness in those he helps. He also keeps a very legit spreadsheet of his offspring to prevent accidental interbreeding. In the movie version, the donor had no idea he was fathering so many children, but this real life Starbuck is 100% in the know as well as willing and able to continue helping those in need.

To read the entire BBC news piece, click here. 

The Kansas Craigslist sperm donor case continues and proves to continue to have hurdles. The man who donated sperm via a craigslist ad to a lesbian couple has been the subject of a very extensive court case. After the lesbian couple broke up, the biological mother, in need of financial assistance from the state, applied and was denied. The state felt the sperm donor should be held responsible for child support. This has been an on-going case with so many new developments over the months. This new report is about the judge proceeding over the case. Read below:

Shawnee County District Court Judge Mary Mattivi has denied a motion to recuse herself from the trial of a Craigslist sperm donor.

On May 17, Benoit Swinnen, who represents the sperm donor, filed a motion with the court asking Mattivi to disqualify herself from the case.

In a letter dated June 12, Mattivi wrote: “The court heard arguments of counsel on June 5, 2013, and took the matter under advisement. After consideration of the motion, affidavit and arguments of counsel, the court hereby denies the motion.”

In the Craigslist case, the state contends William Marotta, a Topeka man who answered a Craigslist ad in which two Topeka women were seeking a sperm donor, is a father owing child support for the care of a 3-year-old girl born to one of the women.

Marotta and the same-sex female couple he provided the sperm to say he simply is a sperm donor and has no financial responsibility for the child’s care.

Grounds to seek recusal of a judge are:

■ The judge was a lawyer in the case before being appointed as judge.

■ The judge is “otherwise interested” in the action.

■ The judge is related to one of the people involved in the case.

■ The judge is a material witness in the action.

■ The party filing the affidavit believes that due to “personal bias, prejudice or interest” by the judge, the party can’t get a fair and impartial trial or enforcement of post-judgment remedies.

The defense’s June 17 affidavit, which became public record after the judge denied the motion to recuse herself, states: “The court appears to have set a procedural context where it has turned its back on free and open discourse, due process, and judicial independence and appears to have prejudged the outcome of the matter.”

The affidavit also states, “The court appears to advocate for the state. For all purposes, the court has set on tracks a procedural train destined to wreck a fair opportunity for the respondent, the child and the intended mother to be heard.”

The child’s interests are being ignored by the court in the process, the affidavit states.

“The court should not give the appearance of bias and prejudgement, the court should not give the appearance of muzzling strong advocacy and should not seek to derail an argument before the litigant has an opportunity to present and argue his case,” the document states.

The defense believes that on account of “personal bias or prejudice” the orders and decisions of the court “that a child must have parents of different gender, or that a genetic relationship trumps all other relationships and considerations by law, respondent cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial,” the affidavit states.

Timothy Keck, designated lead co-counsel for the state, filed a response June 18, stating: “Judge Mattivi has presumably examined her conscious and determined that the allegations of bias and prejudice are false and nonexistent. There should be great deference given this determination by Judge Mattivi.”

Keck also wrote: “The judges of each division should be allowed to control their respective dockets and set a path for a case without being subjected to allegations of bias and prejudice.”

By Ann Marie Bush

News Source

The Disney Channel is currently casting to fill a role of a their first LGBT characters. This is monumental for the company who has typically distanced themselves from anything that could prove to be controversial. TV Guide reports that a 2014 episode of Good Luck Charlie will include a lesbian couple:

In the storyline, parents Amy and Bob Duncan (Leigh-Allyn Baker and Eric Allan Kramer) set up a playdate for preschooler Charlie (Mia Talerico) and one of her new friends. When the kid arrives, the Duncans learn that Charlie’s pal has two moms. That’s fine, but the potential new friendship is put to the test as one mom chats with Amy, and the other is stuck listening to Bob’s dull stories.

The playdate is actually the secondary story in the episode, as much of the action will center on Teddy (Bridgit Mendler) and her best friend Ivy, as Ivy prepares to head off to college.

But Disney Channel understands the groundbreaking nature of featuring a same-sex couple on one of its sitcoms and took extra care in crafting the episode. “This particular storyline was developed under the consultancy of child development experts and community advisors,” a Disney Channel spokesperson says. “Like all Disney Channel programming, it was developed to be relevant to kids and families around the world and to reflect themes of diversity and inclusiveness.

Producers are currently casting the couple, with production set for next week. Because the episode will be a part of Good Luck Charlie‘s final season, the characters are only expected to appear in this one episode. Regardless, this is a huge step forward for LGBT visibility in children’s programming.

Executive Producer Jennifer Lopez is introducing television viewers to a new, and very different type of TV family. But just because we don’t see this type of “modern family” on television that often, doesn’t mean that they don’t exist. “The Fosters,” which will premiere on ABC Family is about a multi-ethnic blended family. The biracial lesbian couple who serve as the main characters, have biological and adopted children, all living together as a family. The show is centered around the couple bringing in another teenager who comes from a troubled past to join the family.

“There’s something that every family can take out of this show and say, ‘That’s exactly what happens at my breakfast table,’ or, ‘I can’t believe she said that! That’s exactly how I say things to my son,’ ” said star Sherri Saum. “It’s very relatable that way.”

“The Fosters” will debut Monday, June 3 at 9/8c on ABC Family. Saum and Teri Polo play the bi-racial parents, David Lambert stars as Stef’s biological son Brandon, while Cierra Ramirez and Jake T. Austin are cast as the couple’s adopted twins Mariana and Jesus.

Read more and see a clip of the show here: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00060810.html#ixzz2V7AZX5Nn