LGBTQ+ Dads Tell Us How They Celebrate Father’s Day</tle><meta name="tle" ntent="LGBTQ+ Dads Tell Us How They Celebrate Father’s Day" /><meta name="scriptn" ntent="Celebratg our father's more ways than one.  " /><meta name="keywords" ntent /><meta property="og:type" ntent="webse" /><meta name="theme-lor" ntent="#000000" /><lk href="/_assets/sign-tokens/redbookmag/static/imag/" rel="in" /><meta property="og:se_name" ntent="Redbook" /><meta name="article:publisher" ntent=" property="article:publisher" /><meta name="fb:pag" ntent="28984400018" property="fb:pag" /><meta name="twter:se" ntent="@redbookmag" /><meta name="google-se-verifitn" ntent="pxYubggO01HJx1UDQZHKjcy54bRW9HJUCPrYEQV4Ntk" /><meta property="og:tle" ntent="LGBTQ+ Dads Tell Us How They Celebrate Father’s Day" /><meta property="og:scriptn" ntent="Celebratg fathers more ways than one." /><meta name="robots" ntent="max-image-preview:large,max-snippet:-1,max-vio-preview:30" /><lk rel="apple-touch-in" href="/_assets/sign-tokens/redbookmag/static/imag/" /><meta property="og:image" ntent="" /><meta property="og:image:width" ntent="1200" /><meta property="og:image:height" ntent="600" /><meta name="thumbnail" ntent="" /><meta name="" ntent="" /><meta name="" ntent=" /><meta name="twter:image" ntent="" /><meta ntent=" property="og:url" /><meta name="to-publish" ntent="timely" /><meta property="og:type" ntent="article" /><meta name="twter:rd" ntent="summary_large_image" /><meta name="article:opn" property="article:opn" /><meta ntent="Friends & Fay" property="article:sectn" /><meta ntent="2022-10-20T16:47:13Z" property="article:modified_time" /><meta ntent="2020-06-16T00:28:00Z" property="article:published_time" /><meta name="sailth.excerpt" ntent="<p>This upg Father’s Day, ’s important to not only look at our LGBTQ+ dads, but dads across the world that have faced discrimatn, racism and other forms of hatred. On June 21, dads across the world will be celebrated for not only their bravery, but ntributed support of their children (eher blogil or adopted). We’ve ught up wh dads across the natn and asked what they will be dog for Father’s Day and what the holidays means to them nsirg they are members of the LGBTQ+ muny. Beg a dad general is hard work, but beg a different type of dad is even harr and ’s important we praise our brothers (and sisters and some s) ways that show them our full support. Here are a few excerpts of what the dads will be dog. </p><p>If you're terted beg an LGBTQ+ parent, vis s like <a href=";>Help Us Adopt</a> where not only do they make the adoptn procs easy to unrstand, they provi assistance like grants and other forms of fancial assistance for LGBTQ+ parents unable to shell out thoands of dollars jt to create a fay of their own. 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On June 21, dads across the world will be celebrated for not only their bravery, but ntributed support of their children (eher blogil or adopted). We’ve ught up wh dads across the natn and asked what they will be dog for Father’s Day and what the holidays means to them nsirg they are members of the LGBTQ+ muny. Beg a dad general is hard work, but beg a different type of dad is even harr and ’s important we praise our brothers (and sisters and some s) ways that show them our full support. Here are a few excerpts of what the dads will be dog. </p><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">If you're terted beg an LGBTQ+ parent, vis s like <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Help Us Adopt" class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">Help Us Adopt</a> where not only do they make the adoptn procs easy to unrstand, they provi assistance like grants and other forms of fancial assistance for LGBTQ+ parents unable to shell out thoands of dollars jt to create a fay of their own. If you're terted havg kids and a part of the LGBTQ+ muny, vis s like <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Gays Wh Kids" class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">Gays Wh Kids</a> for spiratnal ttimonials and helpful advice. If you're a sgle LGBTQ+ member and want to bee a parent, there's a place for you too. 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64rem){{text-align:left;font-size:4.74999rem;le-height:0.9;}}</style><span class="css-1fxztxg e1tmud0h5">1 </span><style data-emotn="css xr14gu">{font-fay:Century,Century-fallback,Helveti,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;grid-area:tle;marg:0rem;marg-bottom:0.4375rem;marg-top:0.625rem;-webk-orr:0;-ms-flex-orr:0;orr:0;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:1.5rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(max-width: 64rem){{text-align:center;}}@media(m-width: 20rem){{paddg-right:1rem;paddg-left:1rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg-right:3.5rem;paddg-left:3.5rem;font-size:1.875rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{text-align:left;paddg-right:0rem;paddg-left:0rem;font-size:1.9375rem;le-height:1.1;}}</style><h2 class="css-xr14gu e1tmud0h8">Brian Rosenberg and Ferd van Gameren</h2><style data-emotn="css jtyuo8">{grid-area:media_wrapper;height:100%;marg-bottom:0.625rem;max-width:100%;overflow:visible;width:100%;}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg:0rem;marg:0 to;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg:0rem;marg:0rem;}} 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acknowledge as parents by makg rds and small gifts. We also make sure that we're acknowledgg each other as dads. We normally try to get together wh other dads on Father's Day to show our kids and others that they're not the only on livg wh two dads. </p><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">When I (Brian) lnched <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Gays Wh Kids" class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">Gays Wh Kids</a>, we found that we really changed hearts and mds. We've been hont wh portrayg our fai and as such, we've heard om non-gay upl like a mom who's teenage son jt me out to her and she showed him the se showsg what his life uld be like." Says Brian Rosenberg and Fred van Gameren, dads of three amazg children. Brian is the founr of Gays Wh Kids, an anizatn mted to showsg the reali LGBTQ+ dads face. <br /></p><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Brian and Ferd ntue, "you'll never meet a gay dad who'll say 'Oh, I was out dnk one night and I woke the next day beg a dad.', 's a very thought-out long arduo procs that typilly tak anywhere om 15 months to 3 years. You have to fd the path to parenthood that's right for you. It's extremely expensive: adoptns are thoands of dollars while surrogacy is triple that amount. You really go through a lot and that's why gay, bi and trans men really make a ncentrated effort to bee dads. That's the difference between and (some) heterosexual parents. It's often taken for granted while for LGBTQ+ members, 's much more difficult.</p><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">If you want to bee a parent, but don't make the necsary e for thgs like adoptn and surrogacy, you n foster to adopt. There are a large amount of kids the foster system. There are also programs to offset the st of adoptn and surrogacy, <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Help Us Adopt" class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">Help Us Adopt</a> and <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Men Havg Babi" class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">Men Havg Babi</a> are wonrful non for prof agenci that help men bee parents via surrogacy while offerg grants. Not everyone gets them, but the are some programs that n help wh the st. Gay men are not different than straight men. We're not any better or worse. Our hop, dreams and sir are probably the same as any others. The next generatn of queer men are certaly jt as terted parenthood as others.<br /></p><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">If you're cur about beg a parent, Check out our <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="webse" class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">webse</a> where you n read real stori and learn om others experienc. Go to our <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Instagram" class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">Instagram</a> where we have thoands of photos and stori of fai that started off jt wh an tert. What you take away om all that, is if you really want to bee a dad, you n bee one."</p></div></div></div></div></div></sectn><sectn class="css-1igyocc e1tmud0h11"><div class="css-q242xx e1tmud0h10"><div class="listicle-slis css-ducv57 eemzdg80"><div class="css-189pu4y e1tmud0h9"><span class="css-1fxztxg e1tmud0h5">2 </span><h2 class="css-xr14gu e1tmud0h8">Lee Daniels </h2><div class="css-jtyuo8 e1tmud0h3"><div class="css-bwuz0b ew0wum60"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="2018 amfar gala new york arrivals" src="" tle="2018 amfAR Gala New York - Arrivals" width="3600" height="2880" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-tgu572 e6iqd2">Michael Loccisano</span><span class="css-mi92hh e6iqd0">//</span><span class="css-tgu572 e6iqd1">Getty Imag</span></figptn></div></div><div class="css-tmj2mr e1tmud0h6"><div class="css-dngmrd e1tmud0h7"><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Lee Daniels " class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">Lee Daniels </a>is a celebrated film maker and creator of ntent. Over the past few years, he's wrten, produced and directed some of our favore movi and shows like <em>Prec, Monster's Ball</em> and <em>Empire</em>. A dad to two children, Father's Day to Daniels means: "To celebrate our dads, celebratg the stggl and the triumphs of beg a father. It's the fn of pri, my ex-partner (and I) were the first same-sex uple to adopt Pennsylvania 23 years ago. It mak me proud to be gay right now. </p><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">For Father's Day we're gog to Zoom om Los Angel to New York (my son's Brooklyn) a father’s day BBQ. For pri we're drsg up drag as Patti Labelle and gog up and down Santa Moni Blvd. I would have never thought, 30 years ago I would be able to celebrate wh my kids like the Brady Bunch. Who dared to thk that same-sex upl uld adopt. It wasn't even a nversatn bee was impossible and illegal. </p><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">I’m blown away at the progrsn we’ve ma wh the LGBTQ muny. To hear my kids say we still have a-lot more to go blows my md. This is probably the bt pri my life wh the celebratn of black liv and my kids beg at the foreont of . Embracg the gay man that I am, ’s the bt pri of my life."</p></div></div></div></div></div></sectn><sectn class="css-1igyocc e1tmud0h11"><div class="css-q242xx e1tmud0h10"><div class="listicle-slis css-ducv57 eemzdg80"><div class="css-189pu4y e1tmud0h9"><span class="css-1fxztxg e1tmud0h5">3 </span><h2 class="css-xr14gu e1tmud0h8">Ariel Foxman and Brandon Cart-Hernanz</h2><div class="css-jtyuo8 e1tmud0h3"><div class="css-bwuz0b ew0wum60"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="lgbtq dads" src="" tle="lgbtq dads" width="1110" height="1090" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-tgu572 e6iqd2">Ariel Foxman </span></figptn></div></div><div class="css-tmj2mr e1tmud0h6"><div class="css-dngmrd e1tmud0h7"><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">"My hband Brandon and I will spend the day wh our toddler son Cielo, dog the thgs he lov to do most. We are havg the bt time when our son is gigglg and sg. There will be a whole lot of bubbl blowg, explorg nature, sgg ma-up songs and playg rs, tras, boats and plan. </p><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">We will also hop on a Zoom ll wh my father, Cielo’s Grandpa, to give virtual hugs and say thank you for all he’s done for me and . When Cielo go down to sleep, Brandon and I will most likely orr Thai food and cuddle ont of one of our favore shows." says <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Ariel Foxman" class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">Ariel Foxman</a>, a digal ntent and brand strategy nsultant New York. </p></div></div></div></div></div></sectn></sectn><div><style data-emotn="css eirk">{-webk-box-pack:jtify;-webk-jtify-ntent:space-between;jtify-ntent:space-between;grid-area:breaker_ad;} .e1v257yr0{text-align:center;} .e1v257yr0:after{marg-right:0rem;} .e1v257yr0:before{marg-left:0rem;}{ntent:"";display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;borr-bottom:0.0625rem solid greyLight;marg:0.8125rem 1 0;paddg-bottom:0rem;}</style><style data-emotn="css 1f32s77">{clear:both;lor:#000000;display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;-webk-box-pack:jtify;-webk-jtify-ntent:space-between;jtify-ntent:space-between;marg:1.25rem 0;marg-bottom:1.25rem;marg-top:1.25rem;m-height:523px;posn:static;text-align:center;-webk-box-pack:jtify;-webk-jtify-ntent:space-between;jtify-ntent:space-between;grid-area:breaker_ad;}@media(m-width: 48rem){{m-height:138px;}}{borr-bottom:th solid #E8E8E8;ntent:"";display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;marg:0.9375rem 0.938rem 0;posn:static;}@media(max-width: 40.625rem){{bottom:0rem;width:-webk-fill-available;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{marg:0.9375rem 2.5rem 0;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{marg:0.9375rem 0 0;}}{clear:both;} .e1v257yr0{text-align:center;} .e1v257yr0:after{marg-right:0rem;} .e1v257yr0:before{marg-left:0rem;}{ntent:"";display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;borr-bottom:0.0625rem solid greyLight;marg:0.8125rem 1 0;paddg-bottom:0rem;}</style><div class="gpt-breaker-ntaer breaker-ad breaker-ad listicle-sli-list-ad e1tmud0h2 css-1f32s77 e152u5os0"><style data-emotn="css 14g4n6t">{display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webk-flex-directn:row;-ms-flex-directn:row;flex-directn:row;font-fay:Inter,Helveti,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:0.70284rem;-webk-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webk-jtify-ntent:center;jtify-ntent:center;le-height:2rem;marg:0 0.938rem;text-align:center;text-transform:none;}@media(m-width: 48rem){{marg:0 2.5rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{marg:0rem;}}{marg:0 0 0 0.625rem;}{marg:0 0.625rem 0 0;},{background-lor:#E8E8E8;lor:her;ntent:"";-webk-box-flex:1;-webk-flex-grow:1;-ms-flex-posive:1;flex-grow:1;height:0.0625rem;posn:relative;top:1rem;} a{-webk-text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn-thickns:0.0625rem;text-ratn-lor:her;text-unrle-offset:0.25rem;lor:her;} a:hover{lor:#B2003C;text-ratn-lor:borr-lk-body-hover;}</style><div class="css-14g4n6t e1v257yr0">Advertisement - Contue Readg Below</div><div id="listicle-ad-breaker-0" class="ad-ntaer css-14b96eg e1hka4w80"></div></div></div><sectn class="css-t6ry6e erx0a9f20"><sectn class="css-1igyocc e1tmud0h11"><div class="css-q242xx e1tmud0h10"><div class="listicle-slis css-ducv57 eemzdg80"><div class="css-189pu4y e1tmud0h9"><span class="css-1fxztxg e1tmud0h5">4 </span><h2 class="css-xr14gu e1tmud0h8">Eric Johnson-Wcher</h2><div class="css-jtyuo8 e1tmud0h3"><div class="css-bwuz0b ew0wum60"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="lgbtq father's day" src="" tle="lgbtq father's day" width="1178" height="874" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-tgu572 e6iqd2">Eric Johnson-Wcher</span></figptn></div></div><div class="css-tmj2mr e1tmud0h6"><div class="css-dngmrd e1tmud0h7"><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">"For Father’s Day this year, my boys and I will probably go to the beach. They love the beach. I don’t look at the Father’s Day as a day for me, but a day for ," mentns <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Eric" class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">Eric</a>. </p></div></div></div></div></div></sectn><sectn class="css-1igyocc e1tmud0h11"><style data-emotn="css 5htnuj">{display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;height:to;width:100%;}@media(m-width: 64rem){{max-width:64rem;marg:0 to;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{max-width:73.75rem;paddg-left:3.375rem;paddg-right:3.375rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{max-width:75rem;marg:0 to;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{max-width:90rem;paddg-left:4.125rem;paddg-right:4.125rem;}}</style><div class="css-5htnuj e1tmud0h10"><div class="listicle-slis css-ducv57 eemzdg80"><style data-emotn="css 10fz3m9">{-webk-align-ntent:start;-ms-flex-le-pack:start;align-ntent:start;grid-area:ntent;grid-template-rows:repeat(2, to);height:to;marg:0 to;paddg:0rem;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{width:100vw;}}@media(max-width: 73.75rem){{display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{marg:to;width:100%;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{display:grid;marg:0rem;grid-to-rows:to max-ntent max-ntent;max-width:39.375rem;grid-template-areas:"media_wrapper meta";}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{max-width:43.75rem;-webk-box-pack:end;-ms-flex-pack:end;-webk-jtify-ntent:end;jtify-ntent:end;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{max-width:45rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{max-width:60rem;}}</style><div class="css-10fz3m9 e1tmud0h9"><style data-emotn="css 1jgytgv">{lor:#d30c4f;font-fay:Century,Century-fallback,Helveti,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:4.74999rem;font-weight:bold;grid-area:sli_number;le-height:1;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:3.125rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(max-width: 64rem){{text-align:center;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{text-align:left;font-size:4.74999rem;le-height:0.9;}}</style><span class="css-1jgytgv e1tmud0h5">5 </span><style data-emotn="css 1o7aglk">{font-fay:Century,Century-fallback,Helveti,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;grid-area:tle;marg:0rem;marg-bottom:1rem;marg-top:0.625rem;-webk-orr:0;-ms-flex-orr:0;orr:0;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:1.5rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(max-width: 64rem){{text-align:center;}}@media(m-width: 20rem){{paddg-right:1rem;paddg-left:1rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{font-size:1.875rem;le-height:1.1;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{text-align:left;paddg-right:0rem;paddg-left:0rem;font-size:1.9375rem;le-height:1.1;}}</style><h2 class="css-1o7aglk e1tmud0h8">Luis Fernanz</h2><style data-emotn="css 8t0ynx">{grid-area:media_wrapper;height:100%;marg-bottom:0.625rem;overflow:visible;width:100vw;}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg:0 1rem;max-width:40.25rem;marg:0 to;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg:0rem;max-width:19.375rem;marg:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{max-width:21.875rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{max-width:22.5rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{max-width:30rem;}} img:not([data-dynamic-svg]){height:100%;max-width:none;width:100%;}@media(max-width: 73.75rem){ img:not([data-dynamic-svg]){object-f:ver;object-posn:center;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){ img:not([data-dynamic-svg]){object-f:nta;object-posn:bottom;}}</style><div class="css-8t0ynx e1tmud0h3"><div class="css-bwuz0b ew0wum60"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="lgbtq dads" src="" tle="lgbtq dads" width="946" height="1182" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-tgu572 e6iqd2">Luis Fernanz </span></figptn></div></div><style data-emotn="css 18oiw2p">{grid-area:meta;text-align:start;}@media(max-width: 64rem){{paddg-left:1rem;paddg-right:1rem;width:to;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{max-width:40.25rem;marg-left:to;marg-right:to;}}@media(m-width: 48rem) and (max-width: 73.75rem){{width:lc(20.625rem * 2 - 1rem);}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{-webk-orr:3;-ms-flex-orr:3;orr:3;paddg-left:0rem;paddg-right:0rem;-webk-align-self:flex-start;-ms-flex-em-align:flex-start;align-self:flex-start;max-width:18.75rem;marg-left:1.25rem;marg-right:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{max-width:20.625rem;}}@media(m-width: 75rem){{width:100vw;max-width:21.25rem;}}@media(m-width: 90rem){{max-width:28.75rem;}}</style><div class="css-18oiw2p e1tmud0h6"><style data-emotn="css o4q1ae">{grid-area:k;paddg:0rem;} p, ul, ol{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;} p em, ul em, ol em{font-style:alic;font-fay:CharterItalic,Geia,Tim,Serif;} a:hover{lor:#B2003C;text-ratn-lor:borr-th-grey;} {lor:#ffffff;}</style><div class="css-o4q1ae e1tmud0h7"><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">When asked if he's enuntered any troubl beg an LGBTQ+ parent to his son, <a href=" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Luis" class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">Luis</a> (a Cuban signer/creative director based Wt Hollywood) rpond wh: "Fortunately, we’ve experienced mostly posive receptn as gay parents, pecially when least expected. I thk a lot of people see past any personal prenceived notns they may have, when they see love and re. But 's not always that ial. One challenge I always (am) aware of is the cln of all typ of different fai kid’s books, but that too is changg. Durg this panmic, our son has been to 'makg' thgs, he llected a bunch of our fay pictur and did a llage on his puter, and built a woon ame for tled 'our memori...' He gave that to as an early Father’s Day gift, and meant the world to . I thk that durg the kds of tim, reaffirmg the posive, even small gtur, is really meangful."</p></div></div></div></div></div></sectn><sectn class="css-1igyocc e1tmud0h11"><div class="css-5htnuj e1tmud0h10"><div class="listicle-slis css-ducv57 eemzdg80"><div class="css-10fz3m9 e1tmud0h9"><span class="css-1jgytgv e1tmud0h5">6 </span><h2 class="css-1o7aglk e1tmud0h8">Brian Hallman</h2><div class="css-8t0ynx e1tmud0h3"><div class="css-bwuz0b ew0wum60"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="lgbtq dad" src="" tle="lgbtq dad" width="898" height="1356" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-tgu572 e6iqd2">Brian Hallman</span></figptn></div></div><div class="css-18oiw2p e1tmud0h6"><div class="css-o4q1ae e1tmud0h7"><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">"As a newly divorced gay father, this year I will be spendg Father's Day at a bnch wh my ex-hband, his boyiend and my son. Afterwards I'll be wh my fay celebratg my own father. It's amazg how your perspective on life chang when you bee a parent. I have always known that I wanted to be a dad and until that pot I lived que a selfish life but the first night my son spent my home, I got no sleep. I stayed awake all night jt watchg him."</p><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0"><a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Brian" class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">Brian</a> adds, "There was a major shift that occurred that night as I realized that the actns I take life no longer affected jt me and I had a duty to him to provi for, te, protect and cultivate. It's weird that over the urse of a night my life’s purpose beme dog everythg possible to ensure that his life was better than my own."</p></div></div></div></div></div></sectn><style data-emotn="css 1y4quq0">{posn:absolute;right:0;top:0;}@media(m-width: 64rem){{height:100%;marg-left:1rem;marg-right:1rem;paddg-left:0rem;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{marg-right:lc(4 * 1rem);}}</style><div class="css-1y4quq0 e1tmud0h0"><style data-emotn="css tc5hh6">{borr:none;}@media(m-width: 64rem){{m-height:lc(100% - 100vh);}}</style><div class="vertil-ad right-rail-ad listicle--ad-rail css-tc5hh6 erx0a9f5"><style data-emotn="css 15moo">{marg:0rem;}@media(max-width: 73.75rem){{display:none;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{display:block;width:20.625rem;paddg-left:1rem;posn:-webk-sticky;posn:sticky;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{paddg-left:1.875rem;}}</style><style data-emotn="css k4rgwq">{-webk-box-pack:jtify;-webk-jtify-ntent:space-between;jtify-ntent:space-between;m-height:523px;marg:0rem;}@media(max-width: 61.25rem){{display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webk-flex-directn:lumn;-ms-flex-directn:lumn;flex-directn:lumn;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{top:5rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{m-height:138px;}}{posn:static;}@media(max-width: 40.625rem){{bottom:0rem;width:-webk-fill-available;}}@media(max-width: 61.25rem){{ntent:"";display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;borr-bottom:th solid #E8E8E8;}}@media(max-width: 73.75rem){{display:none;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{display:block;width:20.625rem;paddg-left:1rem;posn:-webk-sticky;posn:sticky;}}@media(m-width: 73.75rem){{paddg-left:1.875rem;}}</style><div class="erx0a9f6 css-k4rgwq e6yd7uy2"><div id="listicle-ad-rail-0" class="ad-ntaer css-14b96eg e1hka4w80"></div></div></div></div></sectn><div><div class="gpt-breaker-ntaer breaker-ad breaker-ad listicle-sli-list-ad e1tmud0h2 css-1f32s77 e152u5os0"><div class="css-14g4n6t e1v257yr0">Advertisement - Contue Readg Below</div><div id="listicle-ad-breaker-1" class="ad-ntaer css-14b96eg e1hka4w80"></div></div></div><sectn class="css-t6ry6e erx0a9f20"><sectn class="css-1igyocc e1tmud0h11"><div class="css-q242xx e1tmud0h10"><div class="listicle-slis css-ducv57 eemzdg80"><div class="css-189pu4y e1tmud0h9"><span class="css-1fxztxg e1tmud0h5">7 </span><h2 class="css-xr14gu e1tmud0h8">Raymond J. Lee and Robbi Kearns</h2><div class="css-jtyuo8 e1tmud0h3"><div class="css-bwuz0b ew0wum60"><img srcSet=" 640w, 980w" alt="lgbtq dads" src="" tle="lgbtq dads" width="1172" height="1150" dg="async" loadg="lazy" /><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-tgu572 e6iqd2">Raymond J. Lee</span></figptn></div></div><div class="css-tmj2mr e1tmud0h6"><div class="css-dngmrd e1tmud0h7"><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">"My hband, dghter and I are so exced to celebrate Father's Day this year, pecially sce 's Pri month and we are a proud LGBTQ+ fay. Wh our dghter's krgarten graduatn the next day, and her birthday the day after that, we feel like 's gog to be a full week of fay celebratn! We will probably start Father's Day by btg out the giant rabow unirn sprkler her godfather bought for and havg some fun time outdoors, followed by hamburgers and hot dogs om the grill, there will also be a fay movie that night. We are hugely to the <em>Dcendants</em> right now so there might even be a Disney dance party followg the film, plete wh props and wigs. What n I fay lov to go full out!" says <a href=" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="Raymond" class="body-lk css-npshsh et3p2gv0">Raymond</a>.</p></div></div></div></div></div></sectn><div class="css-1y4quq0 e1tmud0h0"><div class="vertil-ad right-rail-ad listicle--ad-rail css-tc5hh6 erx0a9f5"><div class="erx0a9f6 css-k4rgwq e6yd7uy2"><div id="listicle-ad-rail-1" class="ad-ntaer css-14b96eg e1hka4w80"></div></div></div></div></sectn><sectn class="css-t6ry6e erx0a9f20"><style data-emotn="css 1e54vvi">{display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;width:100%;-webk-box-pack:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;-webk-jtify-ntent:center;jtify-ntent:center;}</style><div class="css-1e54vvi erx0a9f9"><style data-emotn="css 16s525c">{marg:0 to;width:100%;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{marg:0 0 2rem 0;}}@media(m-width: 20rem) and (max-width: 64rem){{paddg:0 1rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg:0 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‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

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33 FAMO GAY DADS FOR FATHER'S DAY

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Happy Father's Day to the famo gay dads!

Celebry gay fathers, whether they're actors, activists, micians, or policians, are showg the world that love is what mak a fay. Below, learn about high-profile gay dads such as Anrson Cooper, Denis O'Hare, Matt Bomer, Karamo Brown, Ricky Mart, and many more.

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