Photographer Bart Heynen set out across the untry to make a visual archive of gay fatherhood "Dads."
Contents:
- SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’
- HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
- MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’
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HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
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Here, we talk to a variety of gay dads about queer fatherhood.
MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
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