TY - ADVS AU - Nossel,Murray AU - O'Donnell,Rosie AU - Reagon,Toshi TI - Family ties AV - HQ75.15 .I5 Ep. 1508 U1 - 306.76/6 21 PY - 2006/// CY - New York, NY PB - In the Life Media, Inc. KW - Reagon, Bernice Johnson, KW - Reagon, Toshi. KW - Paternal instinct KW - Custody of children KW - Law and legislation KW - United States KW - Homosexuality KW - History KW - Same-sex parents KW - Documentary television programs KW - lcgft KW - LGBT television programs KW - local KW - Nonfiction television programs N1 - "May 2006" (original broadcast date); Stonewall has apparently reissued copy (lacking original multicolor disc label, and has unillustrated white container insert/label); Host: Rosie O'Donnell. Guests: Toshi Reagon, Murray Nossel N2 - Episode begins with Passing it on, a profile of musician Toshi Reagon, who discusses her music and family, including mother Bernice Johnson Reagon. A civil war is a segment on Miller v. Jenkins, a legal custody battle involving two mothers, two states, and broad political and social ramifications for the LGBT community. The Real to reel segment is about Paternal instinct, Murray Nossel's documentary about a gay couple and a surrogate mother in their quest to have a child ER -