Gay dads share how they feed their babi — and why 'there should be a more clive approach' to the breastfeedg vs. formula bate

Contents:

• ‘PUMPG’ IS DANGERO NEW FAD AMONG GAY MEN
• GAY DADS SHARE HOW THEY FEED THEIR BABI — AND WHY 'THERE SHOULD BE A MORE CLIVE APPROACH' TO THE BREASTFEEDG VS. FORMULA BATE
• EVIL: GAY MEN REPORTEDLY HAVE THEIR BABY KILLED AFTER SURROGATE GETS BREAST CANCER

‘PUMPG’ IS DANGERO NEW FAD AMONG GAY MEN

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Compared to straight men, gay men are more prone to foc heavily on their weight and appearance. Gay men are also more prone to eatg disorrs and other body dysmorphia ndns that rult poor self image. But until the gaer muny beme more popular wh the troductn of a niche hook up app dited to them, “Grommr, ” larger gay men had few plac to fd satisfactn or admirers of their bigger appearance.

Among the people ad om jectg silin were Dovak who died last November, a Miami trans woman who died om jectns to her butt (Oneal Ron Morris, the woman who jected her, was sentenced to 10 years for practicg medice whout a license), and last month, Tumblr gay celebry Tank Hafertepen — the partner of the man Dovak allegedly went to for advice — died of a lung hemorrhage ed by, part, silin jectn syndrome, acrdg to his ath certifite obtaed by Rollg Stone. And the dangero trend among gay men choosg to ject siline has changed the perspective of clicians and rearchers like Radix, who proposed, “This is somethg that maybe we should regnize we need to be askg about this [among our male patients]. Her journey started when she was 8 years old when she realized she liked boys, and thought she was gay.

GAY DADS SHARE HOW THEY FEED THEIR BABI — AND WHY 'THERE SHOULD BE A MORE CLIVE APPROACH' TO THE BREASTFEEDG VS. FORMULA BATE

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"Derek and Hector Del Valle of Gaville, Fla., have ed their Papi & Papa platform to chronicle their experience as gay dads to son Oliver Rye, who was livered via a gtatnal surrogate last month.

EVIL: GAY MEN REPORTEDLY HAVE THEIR BABY KILLED AFTER SURROGATE GETS BREAST CANCER

"A lack of breast k is not a gay/straight thg. ”While the Del Valle and Michael fai still have young babi at home, other gay dads are beyond the years of bottle feedg. I first enuntered this stream of doubt, a nfn wh the fn of “malens” as I stggled wh my acknowledgement of beg gay.