This issue contains the following articles about parenting by and the families of lesbian women and gay men: 'It makes the world of difference' : Benefits for children of lesbian parents of having their parents legally recognised as their parents / by Liz Short : Fishing for taddies: Emotion work in lesbian women's search for sperm donors in South Australia / by Margie Ripper : The subjective experience of the lesbian (m)other: An exploration of the construction of lesbian maternal identity / by Louise du Chesne and Ben Bradley : 'Risking the kids' vs. 'double the love' : Couple-counsellors in conversation on LGB parenting / by Margaret Evans and Meg Barker : and Baby love: Gay donor father narratives of intimacy / by Paul van Reyk.