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In a number of upg entertament projects, gay fathers are g out of the closet – but not everyone is happy about .

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IN 1994, THE U.S. MILARY ACTUALLY CONSIRED BUILDG A “GAY BOMB”

The ia of a gay bomb me om a sire to bilate enemi but not necsarily kill them. The proposed bomb would nta strong aphrodisiacs and make soldiers "sexually irristible" to each other. * the gay boom *

The gay bomb would be a cloud of gas that would be discharged over enemy mps “that ntaed a chemil that would e enemy soldiers to bee gay, and to have their uns break down bee all their soldiers beme irristibly attractive to one another. Dpe the drawbacks, for their work such an novative field, the rearchers who nceptualized the gay bomb were award the Ig Nobel Prize, a parody award which celebrat unual scientific achievements that “first make people lgh, and then make them thk. As such, bee beg raised by gay parents was not jt a personal experience but also the subject of tense polil scty, the first generatn of children born to LGBTQ parents had to refully nsir how they prented their fai to the public, wh the unrstandg that any perceived flaws their fay uld be generalized to reflect on the LGBTQ muny at large.

THE GAYBY BOOM IS HERE TO STAY

The earlit documented e of the term "gayby boom" was a 1990 Newsweek article. For LGBTQ History Month, let's take a look back at the article and how thgs have (or haven't) changed for queer fai sce then. * the gay boom *

Through this rehed unrstandg, we exame parative s that scribe the bgraphi, general behavrs, and generatnal loc of four well-known gay men as a means to explore how dividuals born a particular birth generatn may experience vastly different experienc life due to the LGBTQ + generatn wh which they intify. This parison provis a basis for better unrstandg broar societal forc that shape the evolutn of gay neighborhoods throughout the twentieth century and to the twenty-first century along wh observatns about the perceived cle or plate of gay neighborhoods.

Explorg LGBTQ+ Generatns: Through the Ey of Warhol, Vidal, Capote & HudsonExamg the liv of celebri and well-known LGBTQ + dividuals offers a lens to summarize and illtrate typil behavrs and attus that have been formative shapg gay culture and the LGBTQ+ llective inty. In this se, the disntuy between the birth generatn to which each man belonged and the perd durg which their g of age wh regard to their LGBTQ+ inty occurred was shaped not only by the valu, behavrs, and mor of their birth generatn but also overlaid by the generatn to which they “me of age” as a gay man and a member of the LGBTQ+  muny.

His g of age occurred early life, which plac his behavr, the outward exprsn of genr inty, and sexual orientatn a much more ntemporary timeame closer behavr to a member of Generatn X (people born about fifty years after Capote) ntrast, Vidal did not publicly acknowledge his sexual orientatn or genr exprsn, and much later life vaguely intified first as bisexual (1999), and later as homosexual (Kaplan 2013). Their behavrs, outward exprsn of genr, and gree of fort wh intifyg as LGBTQ + varied pendg more on their LGBTQ + generatn than their birth wh Capote, Vidal, and Hudson, a sire or lack of sire to ngregate and be associated wh other LGBTQ + dividuals public impacted the emergence and subsequent velopment of gay neighborhoods.

UNRSTANDG GENERATN GAPS LGBTQ+ COMMUNI: PERSPECTIV ABOUT GAY NEIGHBORHOODS AMONG HETERONORMATIVE AND HOMONORMATIVE GENERATNAL COHORTS

* the gay boom *

In this way, Warhol’s liberal attu mirrored attus gay neighborhoods as home to not only LGBTQ+ dividuals but as clive, accsible, and permissive neighborhoods where enomic stat beme ls important than creative energy, potential, and persona.

THE “GAYBY BOOM” AND ITS ECHO

The gay and lbian muny is experiencg a baby boom. Advanc gay rights upled wh creased availabily of alternative reproductn techniqu ... * the gay boom *

In the old days you uld go over there on a Sunday and nobody would be around, but now ’s gay gay gay as far as the eye n see—dyk and leather bars wh the nam right out there broad daylight—the Ramrod-type plac” ( Warhol and Hackett 1989: 51). The plexy of his g of age a time when homosexualy was illegal, mixed wh his fascatn wh celebry and outlandishns, sparked a cursy Warhol that helped to shape and support the culture of gay neighborhoods New York Cy the 1960s through the 1980s as clive and creative spac. He provid for his followers and for succsive generatns of LGBTQ+ people a type of eedom that he himself seemed reluctant to Homonormative Saeculum and the Events that Shaped a Century of LGBTQ+ CultureThe experience for LGBTQ + people—amed by the unrstandg and treatment of LGBTQ+ dividuals reflected the valu of mastream society—is often que different om that of non LGBTQ+ people.

UNRSTANDG THE 'GAYBY BOOM'

We propose appendg the heteronormative generatnal nam popularized by Strss and Howe to better rporate LGBTQ+ experienc as follows:The Silent Generatn —or the “Closeted Generatn”—gay men me of age jt before, durg, and immediately after World War II and lived a world which there was tense social prsure to nform to genr stereotyp.

To avoid persecutn and harassment by the police, the early pneers further gravated wh the large metropolan areas to the margs of central ci—abandoned and fotten neighborhoods populated by those that heteronormative society has labeled social outsts and crimals—that beme some of the first regnizable gay neighborhoods.

They were bolstered by the experienc of those om prev generatns as they began to shed the cultural shame that enuraged LGBTQ + dividuals to stay the closet, and they relished the out of the gay liberatn movement as gay and lbian dividuals and their alli began to celebrate “gay eedom.

QUEER TRANSLATN/TRANSLATG QUEER DURG THE ‘GAY BOOM’ JAPAN

High-profile efforts such as AIDS Coaln to Unleash Power ( ACT UP), Broadway Car/Equy Fights AIDS, and the AIDS Memorial Quilt Project helped to fe public awarens of the societal and stutnal margalizatn of homosexualy and the necsy to addrs the AIDS panmic wh facts and not wh fear. Generatn X took notice of members of the Greatt Generatn and Silent Generatn as they stggled—often publicly—to rencile the nflictg valu of their generatns: to acknowledge homosexuals as productive members of society while admtg that prev treatment of LGBTQ + people may have been unkd or ntrast to prev tim when popular cultural referenc implied shame or viance related to homosexualy, many of the cultural touchpots for Generatn X viewed homosexualy as a “normal” part of society, suggtg an openg for the acceptance of LGBTQ + people.

THE COMG ENTERTAMENT “GAY-BY” BOOM! (WHAT DO IT MEAN?){FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRENT HARTGERSEPTEMBER 16, 2009/11:27 AMBY BRENT HARTGERSEPTEMBER 16, 2009 / 11:27 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE COMG ENTERTAMENT “GAY-BY” BOOM! (WHAT DO IT MEAN?)","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-09-16T15:27:34.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-09-16T15:27:34.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRENT HARTGER","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S A “GAY-BY” BOOM!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INCREDIBLY STUPID PUN ASI, ’S TE. MANY SURROGACY AND ADOPTN AGENCI REPORT A SURGE TERT OM GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN AND UPL SEEKG TO PARENT AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THE DAYS SEEMS AS IF MOST OF ARE JT AS LIKELY TO HAVE TO ENDURE STORI ABOUT LEAKG DIAPERS AND BUDDG YOUNG GENI OM OUR GAY IENDS WH CHILDREN AS WE ARE OM OUR STRAIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT NOW THE GAY BABY BOOM THAT’S BEEN GOG ON ALL OVER THE UNTRY IS MOVG OUT OF THE CLOSET AND ONTO TELEVISN AND MOVIE SCREENS AND EVEN THEATER STAG. IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE’LL SEE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A NEW ABC S, MORN FAY, WHERE TWO OF THE LEADS AN ENSEMBLE ST ARE GAY UPLE THAT ADOPTS A GIRL OM VIETNAM (SEE ACPANYG ARTICLE). {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STTY AND KEV NTEMPLATG CHILDBIRTH WH A SURROGATE ON THE ABC FAY DRAMA BROTHERS & SISTERS (SEE ACPANYG ARTICLE). {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A NEW DOCUMENTARY TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER, FATHERHOOD DREAMS, PROFILG A NUMBER OF GAY FAI. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A MIL STAGE ADAPTATN OF DAN SAVAGE’S MEMOIR THE KID: WHAT HAPPENED AFTER MY BOYIEND AND I DECID TO GO GET PREGNANT, PART OF NEW YORK’S NEW GROUP THEATER 2009-2010 SEASON. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S NOT THAT THERE HAVEN’T EVER BEEN FICTNAL GAY DADS BEFORE. WE’VE SEEN THEM ON TV SHOWS SUCH AS THE OC, QUEER AS FOLK, THE TRACEY ULLMAN SHOW, ABSOLUTELY FABULO, HIDN PALMS, AND DEGRASSI: THE NEXT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, ONE OF TV’S FIRST FICTNAL TREATMENTS OF HOMOSEXUALY, THE 1972 MOVIE THAT CERTA SUMMER, WAS ABOUT A TEENAGER G TO TERMS WH THE FACT THAT HIS DAD IS GAY. MORE RECENTLY, IT’S ALL RELATIVE, A 2003 ABC S, FEATURED A GAY UPLE WH A DGHTER AS PART OF AN ENSEMBLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THE MOST AFFECTG PART OF THE OTHERWISE HUMORO ROMP PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DERT WAS THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN ONE OF THE GAY CHARACTERS AND HIS LONG-UNSEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HELL, EVEN JACK ON WILL & GRACE TURNED OUT TO HAVE FATHERED A CHILD!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT MOST OF TV’S PREV GAY DADS WERE THE PARENTS OF OLR CHILDREN – UALLY CHILDREN THAT WERE NCEIVED A PREV HETEROSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY A FEW VERY FICTNAL GAY DADS WH ACTUAL BABI, PECIALLY BABI PRODUCED VIA ADAPTN OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SURE, THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERIN TEENAGER FEATURED A STORYLE LAST YEAR ABOUT A GAY UPLE SEEKG TO ADOPT. AND WILL AND GRACE’S GOOD IENDS JOE AND LARRY ADOPTED A BABY, ON WILL & {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOEY AND CHANDLER WERE REPEATEDLY – AND FAMOLY – MISTAKEN FOR A UPLE OF CUTE GAY DADS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE WERE ALL VERY MOR CHARACTERS – OR, THE SE OF FRIENDS, THEY WEREN’T REALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NEW GAY DADS ARE A DIFFERENT BREED: THEY’RE AMONG THE MA CHARACTERS OF THEIR RPECTIVE PROJECTS, THE ON WH MAJOR, ONGOG STORYL – AND THE ON THAT THE DIENCE IS SUPPOSE TO RELATE TO AND INTIFY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE WANT THEM TO BE A VERY RELATABLE UPLE,” SAYS CHRISTOPHER LLOYD, -CREATOR OF MORN FAY. “OUR IA IS NOT FOR THEM TO BE, ‘THEY’RE SO FABULO.’ THAT’S NOT WHAT WE WANT. WHAT WE WANT IS FOR PEOPLE TO GO, ‘WELL, THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE’RE GOG THROUGH, BUT WH A TWIST.’ THEY’RE GOG THROUGH THE SAME THG THAT EVERY TRADNAL FAY IS GOG THROUGH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT LET’S FACE : GAY PARENTS ARE NTROVERSIAL. MOST OF THE RECENT POLIL SKIRMISH OVER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CLUD PLENTY OF BOLD-FACED LI AND WILY DISCREDED “FACTS” OM THE FAR RIGHT ABOUT GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND 2005, ABC – THE SAME WORK THAT’S AIRG BOTH BROTHERS & SISTERS AND MORN FAY – NCELED AN ENTIRE REALY SHOW, WELE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PART BEE CLUD A GAY FAY (PICTURED RIGHT) WH AN ADOPTED SON. THE FAY REARCH COUNCIL, THE ANIZATN PREVLY FOUND AND N BY JAM DOBSON AND GARY BER, WAS NCERNED THAT “NSERVATIV ULD E OFF LOOKG BIASED.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AN EARLIER HBO ADAPTATN OF SAVAGE’S THE KID, TO STAR ROB WILLIAMS AS A GAY DAD, NEVER MA OFF THE GROUND, AND MARTIAN CHILD, A 2007 MOVIE BASED ON A MEMOIR BY A SGLE GAY DAD, END UP BEG ABOUT A WIDOWED HETEROSEXUAL (THE GAY SCREENWRER AND THE GAY THOR OF THE MEMOIR SEEM TO DISAGREE ABOUT HOW THIS ME TO BE).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE FELT LIKE, PECIALLY THIS POLIL CLIMATE, WE WANTED THEM TO HAVE A FAY,” SAYS MONI OWU-BREEN, SUPERVISG PRODUCER ON BROTHERS & SISTERS, OF THEIR CISN TO HAVE KEV AND STTY PURSUE PARENTHOOD. “WE WANTED TO EXPLORE WHAT MEANS FOR THIS UPLE TO TRY TO GET PREGNANT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT NOT ALL OF THE NTROVERSY ABOUT GAY DADS IS G OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUPERT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN APRIL, OUT ACTOR RUPERT EVERETT MA HEADL BY SHOOTG HIS MOUTH OFF – AGA! – THIS TIME ABOUT GAY FATHERHOOD SAYG:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I THK THIS SURROGACY THG IS CRAP. IT IS UTTERLY HIO. I THK 'S EGOCENTRIC AND VA…IF I DID HAVE THE IMPULSE TO BE A PARENT, I WOULD ADOPT – OR FOSTER. BUT THIS WHOLE THG OF FORCG THE IA OF PARENTHOOD ON GAY MEN IS SO BOG. MARRIAGE? BABI? PLEASE. I WANT TO BE ILLEGAL. I WANT TO LIVE OUTSI THE MASTREAM…THE AWFUL MIDDLE-CLASS QUEENS – WHICH IS WHAT THE GAY MOVEMENT HAS BEE – ARE SO TIROME. IT'S ALL ABERCROMBIE & FCH AND STROLLERS. EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE ON , REACTN TO THE NEWS THAT BROTHERS & SISTERS’ KEV AND STTY MIGHT TRY FOR FATHERHOOD WAS CIDLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT CHILDREN WERE GOD’S WAY OF PUNISHG HETEROSEXUALS FOR LIVG A LIFTYLE OF WHICH HE DIDN’T APPROVE,” WROTE XANTHIS2001 AN ONLE MENT. “THAT’S WHY THEY SCREAM AND POOP AND STROY YOUR TRANQUIL HOME. LIKE THE PLAGU OF EGYPT, BUT WH PAMPERS AND FORMULA.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MENTER ADD:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I AM, OF URSE, KIDDG, AND I KNOW GAY FAI EXIST AND SHOULD BE SHOWN, BUT SEEMS SO TIRED AT THIS POT. WHY IS WHEN A GAY UPLE IS TOGETHER FOR MORE THAN A WEEK ON A SHOW, THEY HAVE TO EHER PLAN A BIG MMENT CEREMONY OR FD/ADOPT/DISVER THEY HAVE A CHILD? WHY ON EARTH WOULD TWO GAY MEN WHO HAVE SUCCSFUL REERS BUT BARELY HAVE TIME FOR EACH OTHER NSIR RAISG A KID? BEE IS LAZY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S TE THAT THE WORLD OF ENTERTAMENT HAS GIVEN MORE THAN A FAIR SHARE OF PREGNANT LBIANS AND LBIAN CHARACTERS WH CHILDREN, SO MUCH SO THAT ’S BEE ONE OF THE LEADG LBIAN CLICH – AND SOMETHG THAT OUR SISTER SE, , ARGU HAS BEE A WAY TO MARGALIZE AND -SEXUALIZE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT IS THIS REALLY TE FOR GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN? IT’S ACCURATE TO SAY THAT HOLLYWOOD SEEMS TO TAKE ANY EXCE TO -SEXUALIZE S GAY CHARACTERS, BUT THE FACT IS, WE HAVEN’T YET SEEN THE “GAY DAD” STORYLE VERY OFTEN, AT LEAST VOLVG LEADG CHARACTERS WH BABI. AND ’S ANOTHER FACT THAT MORE AND MORE GAY MEN ARE CHOOSG OPENLY GAY FATHERHOOD AS AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, AS THE BATTLE OVER PROPOSN 8 PROVED, THERE IS STILL A GRAND CANYON OF MISUNRSTANDG AMONG SOME HETEROSEXUALS ABOUT THE REALY OF GAY AND BISEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STILL, A FEW WORDS OF UTN ARE FELY ORR: AS THE EXPERIENCE WH PREGNANT LBIANS ON TELEVISN PROV – NOT TO MENTN THE EXPERIENCE OF LISTENG TO MOST NEW PARENTS YAMMER ON ABOUT THEIR KIDS – THIS IS A STORYLE THAT N GET VERY BORG VERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In 1973, the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn (APA) asked all members attendg s nventn to vote on whether they believed homosexualy to be a mental disorr: 5, 854 psychiatrists voted to remove homosexualy om the list of mental disorrs, and 3, 810 voted to reta . Homosexualy beme creasgly more accepted by heteronormative society durg the perd as this generatn me of age, culmatg the legalizatn of same-sex marriage Canada 2005, Swen 2009, and the Uned Kgdom 2013; the Uned Stat, legalizatn of same-sex marriage first occurred state by state, but eventually the U. Bee of the lser exposure to social ictn for LGBTQ + members of the Millennial Generatn, may LGTBQ+ gays and lbians are unrstood by members of other generatns to be blhely unaware of the persecutn, harassment, and stggl endured by precsor LGBTQ + dividuals.

THE GAY BABY BOOM

They are unlikely to be subjected to the same gree of heteronormative social stigma of generatns past related to stat as a sexual mory Intersectn of LGBTQ + Generatnal Cohorts and Gay NeighborhoodsWhy is place so important for young gay people? For LGBTQ + people, this transn may be pecially important as young people transn om parental and faial ntrol to makg their own cisns adulthood, which unrsr the layerg for LGBTQ + dividuals of birth generatn and “ g of age” energy young adults brg to gay neighborhoods is the nsistent (Bterman 2020a). The sire among LGBTQ + dividuals to live a muny such as those found wh gay neighborhoods has been nsistently evolvg and changg over the past five generatns, and the flux of young adults om each LGBTQ + generatn, along wh their energy and ias helps to sta gay neighborhoods for the next generatn, as shown Fig.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* THE GAY BOOM

NAIS - Unrstandg the 'Gayby Boom' .

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