For some gay parents, Mother’s Day (or Father’s Day) is awkward - The Washgton Post

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• FOR SOME GAY PARENTS, MOTHER’S DAY (OR FATHER’S DAY) IS AWKWARD
• MOTHER’S DAY FOR GAYS
• HOW TO APPROACH MOTHER’S DAY AS A GAY MALE PARENT

FOR SOME GAY PARENTS, MOTHER’S DAY (OR FATHER’S DAY) IS AWKWARD

Also, gay parents often do have two people, jt not one who isn’t implited the holiday. ”Others agree that attempts to clu gay upl the off-holiday, though well-meang, often don’t help.

“We passed a group of teenagers, at least one of whom appeared to be gay, and afterward they turned and loudly lled out, ‘Happy Father’s Day! Mother’s Day is fast approachg—whether you’re a gay mother, the mother of a gay, or you’re able to celebrate wh your mother and a much-need glass of champagne. Here are some great tips and remrs about Mother’s Day for gays, to help you navigate this lightful day of regnn.

When attendg Pri paras and ftivals, one of the most heartwarmg and emotnal entri is the procsn of gay parents and their children. If you tly want to honor the moms of the world who are standg up for their LGBT children, make a fancial ntributn by donatg to the Parents and Friends of Lbians and Gays (PFLAG) this Mother’s Day. Together for more than 25 years, they have raised four children, all now adults; two dghters who were adopted out of foster re, a third girl who me to live wh them as a teenager, and a boy they rmally took who had been kicked out of his home for beg gay.

MOTHER’S DAY FOR GAYS

Chrisler once famoly ved Tony Perks, print of the antigay Fay Rearch Council, to her fay's home so he uld see how a same-sex uple actually lived. She lov cloth and I still tell her 'You uld have had a gay son, and all you had was a lbian dghter who hat cloth.

O'Donnell told Diane Sawyer back 2002 that "I don't thk Ameri knows what a gay parent looks like" and has been changg that ever sce. In most s, children of two gay dads don’t overthk this holiday as much as their parents do. However, if you’re a gay father ncerned about how to addrs this subject wh your child, fd some guidance below.

Siarly, many gay male upl e Mother’s Day as a way to celebrate their child’s surrogate. One of the most popular paths gay fathers take? More than anythg else, don’t strs about Mother’s Day if you are a gay dad.

HOW TO APPROACH MOTHER’S DAY AS A GAY MALE PARENT

Children across the untry will have taken part dited school assembli, ma rds and wrten stori about, and for, their Fay Social, a chary supportg gay adoptive and foster fai, says one five of s members has had negative reactns om schools to their sexualy. The school, as do many across the untry, enurag discsn of all typ of fay such flashpots n make the challengg experience of adoptn all the harr for gay men and women. Parents who rpond to New Fay Social's survey told of headteachers advisg only one of the parents to attend parents' eveng orr to avoid homophobic reactns om other Mosher, 42, om Blackpool, who adopted two boys, now six and seven, 2010, was told that the vir on the board of ernors at the school her sons attend would not baptise her children bee he didn't "regnise" her relatnship wh her partner, says: "Our school has been wonrful on the whole, but I was pretty angry that this man was volved the school and held the views, although I am assured he don't pass on any of his views on this.

"Gay adoptive parents say they want the ernment to help them tackle such attus. Adoptn by gay people was legalised England and Wal 2005 and Stland 2006, but the numbers are still relatively small. Figur suggt that, if jt 2% of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people me forward to foster or adopt, this need uld be met.

A book published last week by the Brish Associatn for Adoptn and Fosterg, Proud Parents, chronicl the experience of gay and lbian adoptive parents and strs the importance of school helpg children have been attempts by Tory MPs to sert "nscience cls" to the gay marriage bill for teachers who do not want to ndone – or wish to cricise – same-sex parents.