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Contents:

• ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
• AFTER ORLANDO, 21 PHOTOS OF GAY DADS AND THEIR KIDS TO HELP YOU SE AGA
• MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
• 20 FAMO GAY DADS TO CELEBRATE FATHER'S DAY & PRI MONTH
• 33 FAMO GAY DADS FOR FATHER'S DAY
• DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
• THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
• DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR

‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

Heynen planned to photograph for a book of photography featurg gay fathers and their children.

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AFTER ORLANDO, 21 PHOTOS OF GAY DADS AND THEIR KIDS TO HELP YOU SE AGA

Heynen “a lot of cred” for cludg a father like him — a sgle dad his 60s — sce he said there is often a lack of reprentatn of olr gay people art and media, which tends to foc on young, f men. As a Black, gay man raisg a son on his own, Mr. After Orlando, 21 photos of gay dads and their kids to help you se agaThe Father's Day photos of gay dads and their fai show that love all 17, 2016, 9:47 PM UTC / Source: TODAYIt tak a special kd of mment for gay men to bee parents, which is one reason they serve to be celebrated this Father's Day.

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MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI

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20 FAMO GAY DADS TO CELEBRATE FATHER'S DAY & PRI MONTH

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Heynen, as well as the fathers he photographed, hope that the photographs “Dads” will dispel some of the hurtful stereotyp that still lger around gay fatherhood. Abplanalp never knew when he was younger that fatherhood would be possible for him as gay man. Listen: “Daddy Squared: The Gay Dads Podst” (2019-ongog).

33 FAMO GAY DADS FOR FATHER'S DAY

Hosted by Wt Hollywood uple Yan and Alex, the dads e each episo to chat parentg and relatnships, and lately have been focg each episo on the gay rights and fatherhood pathways by untry, and vg a gay father om each lotn on as a gut. Patrick, who played a terracial gay uple who eventually marry and adopt two children. This YA g-of-age novel follows high schooler Sal, who was adopted to a lovg Mexin Amerin fay by his gay father, when he begs to qutn his inty and place the world durg his senr year.

DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR

This one-hour documentary followed the fay liv of four gay fai and the legal and cultural hurdl the men faced to bee fathers. The director and producer is Johnny Symons, himself a gay father of an adopted son wh his partner the Bay Area. Savage beme an ternatnally regnized sex lumnist and activist the 1990s and ’00s for his ank cultural sight to gay relatnships and inty.

Father's Day (June 18) cis wh Pri Month which mak the perfect opportuny to she a light on some of the most famo gay dads the public eye.

THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS

In 2023, LGBTQ+ fai are now more mon but many of the gay fathers and upl listed below are trailblazers when to same-sex fai. To help celebrate the all-star dads of all inti this Father's Day, here are the 20 most famo celebry gay dads. Happy Father's Day to the famo gay dads!

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DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR

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