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Youth with gay and lesbian parents are making bolder steps to define their own identities

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Beth Foster (second from left) and Lesley Fellows (second from right )with their children Claire on the left and Caleb, prepare dinner at home in Montreal Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011.Peter McCabe for The Globe and Mail

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The Graham-Radford family poses for a portrait outside their daughter's home in Burnaby, British Columbia, Thursday, September 29, 2011. From left to right Lindsey Graham, Jan Radford, Mikaela Graham-Radford, 21, Hunter Graham-Radford, 5, Heather Graham-Radford, 8, and their dog Katie.Rafal Gerszak for The Globe and Mail

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Roommates Danielle Sutherland, 26, and Sadie Epstein-Fine, 19, both grew up with same-sex parents. They are seen in their Toronto home on Sept. 28, 2011.JENNIFER ROBERTS FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL

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Jacob Benson Kaufman, 26, who is the son of lesbian parents Miriam Kaufman and Roberta Benson, poses for a photo in Toronto.Deborah Baic/The Globe and Mail

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Alison Wearing, the daughter of homosexual parents, poses for a photograph at her Stratford, Ontario home Sept. 29, 2011. Studies are showing that children raised in such families are "better adjusted" than those from traditional families.GEOFF ROBINS/The Globe and Mail

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