Photographer Bart Heynen set out across the untry to make a visual archive of gay fatherhood "Dads."
Contents:
- 'WHEEL OF FORTUNE' STAR VANNA WHE'S GAY SON SHOWS OFF HIS BLACK BOYIEND TWICE HIS AGE
- WHY MY WIFE AND I DECID TO ABORT OUR UNBORN GAY SON
- THIS FORMER SUPER BOWL ACH ACCEPTED HIS GAY SON OM THE NIGHT HE ME OUT
- DWYANE WA GIV POWERFUL SPEECH ON PARENTG GAY SON
- MAGIC JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT G TO LOVE HIS GAY SON
- MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
- “I AM THE MOTHER OF A GAY SON AND I’VE TAKEN ENOUGH OM YOU GOOD PEOPLE.”
- MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
'WHEEL OF FORTUNE' STAR VANNA WHE'S GAY SON SHOWS OFF HIS BLACK BOYIEND TWICE HIS AGE
Jimmy Robson has been open about his gay son wh Sats, Packers and Cowboys ach and players. * gay son white *
Longtime ally and supporter of the Human Rights Campaign, Sally Field wrote a lengthy say scribg her son's experience g to his own as a gay man, and how important beg a part of that experience was to her. Mary Osmond is a practicg Mormon, and her relig beliefs do not get the way of beg a very supportive mom to her openly gay dghter Jsi. You know Anne Rice as the wildly succsful thor of Interview Wh a Vampire, but she's also the proud mom of gay son Christopher, who's also an thor!
Barbra and her son Jason, who is gay, are so close they even rerd a duet together 2014! "It's difficult for me to unrstand a fay member judgg or not lovg or acceptg another fay member bee they are gay, "Ally said an terview wh the Wdy Cy Tim, "It's like when a member of the fay marri someone who is of another race or relign. Ante Beng and Warren Beatty's son Stephen is a gay trans wrer, poet, and activist who's has also posted -pth about his experience and inty on YouTube (you n check out one of his vios here).
Mician and The Gogos' lead sger Belda Carlise has long been supportive of her son, gay wrer and activist Jam De Mason.
WHY MY WIFE AND I DECID TO ABORT OUR UNBORN GAY SON
Matt Barn asked Dwyane Wa straight-up what 's like raisg a gay son g om a hyper-mascule NBA background .. and what D-Wa says is powerful stuff. * gay son white *
“I had to look myself the mirror and say, ‘What if your son home and tells you he’s gay?
”I sometim fd myself watchg my son and wonrg how this experience of havg two gay dads who are two different rac will impact his life. And as for me, I’m an overachievg, ant, Black, gay Virgo. Gay?
THIS FORMER SUPER BOWL ACH ACCEPTED HIS GAY SON OM THE NIGHT HE ME OUT
Ten upliftg and powerful tal reunt the liv of everyday hero wh no special powers except strivg for their own inti whether they are gay, bi or transgenr, fightg for the right to be themselv. * gay son white *
Bad news: He’s gay. They found the gen that e homosexualy and they tt for them now. I don’t know how I feel about tryg to raise a gay son.
I know thgs are gettg better for gay people, but seems to me that beg gay is really hard the South, where we live. Gay people aren’t really accepted here like other parts of the untry yet. Suici attempts are signifintly higher among gay teens—five tim more likely.
Gay kids are five tim more likely than a heterosexual youth to end up hospalized as a rult.
DWYANE WA GIV POWERFUL SPEECH ON PARENTG GAY SON
Studi progrsive stat like Vermont and Massachetts found that for gay and bisexual boys, rat of victimizatn were nearly five tim that of straight kids. Gay kids are way more likely to do all of the thgs than siarly persecuted straight kids. On top of that, every studied risk factor but cigarette e, gay and bisexual boys are at a much greater risk than girls.
MAGIC JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT G TO LOVE HIS GAY SON
What kd of life will my gay son have?
I remember beg acced of beg gay school. So my wife and I talked, and we’ve cid we aren’t ready to raise a gay child. It isn’t fair to raise a gay child our area.
My wife told one of her iends that we are gog to have an abortn bee we don’t feel equipped to al wh raisg a gay child.
MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
Apparently got around to some of our gay iends om llege. I’ve been gettg emails, texts, and IMs all day om them askg me why I’m a homophobe, and why I hate gay people.
I don’t hate gay people! “You are termatg this pregnancy bee you don’t want a gay child. Are gay children ls valuable than straight children?
“A gay child has jt as much value as a straight child. Gay children are very rare. Cens numbers put the number of homosexuals Ameri at around 3 percent.
“I AM THE MOTHER OF A GAY SON AND I’VE TAKEN ENOUGH OM YOU GOOD PEOPLE.”
It wouldn’t take many more people like you, ” he nearly sps the words, “to elimate homosexualy Ameri. I thk he’s gay. His work appeared the German book Me schul Auge/ my Gay Gaze II, and most recently was a featured artist an exposn at Art Murmur, Oakland, you like his work, you will enjoy his portfol se, Instagram, Twter, and Flickr as well.
MY SON MIGHT BE GAY. WHAT SHOULD I SAY TO HIM?
Isaiah Washgton, the actor famoly fired om Grey's Anatomy after llg former -star TR Knight a "faggot, " has a new job: Playg the supportive father of a gay son. Turkey has banned Grdr, and open media activist Omer Akpar says this has as much to do wh homophobia as do wh the ernment's attempts to supprs Occupy protters Gezi Square.
“I’m gay, ” Jim revealed. “You're gay bee that's how God ma you.
Jimmy barely slept that night of revelatn, worryg about his gay son’s well-beg and safety Geia. Bh was nng a reelectn mpaign based part on targetg gay people and same-sex marriage. Jimmy’s rtlsns wasn’t for any distaste or “problem” wh his son beg gay, but simply a shake-up of expectatns.