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Give a big Father's Day hug to Ricky Mart, Neil Patrick Harris, and Anrson Cooper — as well as the rt of our hight-profile gay dads.

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THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS

For Father's Day, NPR spoke to three, gay sgle fathers who ma the choice to bee parents via surrogacy. * gay dada *

NPR spoke to three men, sgle gay fathers, who chose to bee dads via surrogacy, after years of g to terms wh their inti, their fai, and the technologil advanc that have ma journeys like this possible. "At that pot 1994, you didn't see many gays [on] the mp. So I realized I was gay, but I was like sred, nfed.

But the procs for sgle people, particularly relatively olr gay men, he says, was difficult.

LSONS STRAIGHT PEOPLE CAN LEARN OM GAY MARRIAGE

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Black, gay and heavyset the South, he was raised by a sgle mother a fay of sgle mothers.

DUSTIN LING "Sometim the gay muny is seen as, oh, 's the funny guy who's always about fashn or always about travel, " says Dt Lg. "Fathers – gay fathers and mothers – e different and var forms, not jt that one-note inty.

" Raised on the island natn of Aba to Asian parents, Lg says there weren't many exampl of gay men around. Dpe the challeng of life as a sgle gay dad New York, Lg remas an optimist. Happy Father's Day to the famo gay dads!

IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?

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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. "I me out at 16 years old as a proud gay man.

Wong -parents Jackson, who me out as gay as a teen, wh his ex-partner Richie Jackson, and Jackson's hband Jordan Roth. In this example, you happened to see him naked a settg that n be sexually arog for a lot of gay man. Jt as you didn’t choose to be gay and have the feelgs you have.

His work appeared the German book Me schul Auge/ my Gay Gaze II, and most recently was a featured artist an exposn at Art Murmur, Oakland, you like his work, you will enjoy his portfol se, Instagram, Twter, and Flickr as well. 5×15 Gay Dads Connect (Season Fale). Lookg to meet other gay dads your home town and beyond?

‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

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This Season Fale of Daddy Squared podst we hope to leave you wh ias and spiratn on how to nnect wh other gay dads. 5×12 Gay Dads Stereotyp. Gay dads often face stereotyp, cludg homophobic on, but also somewhat unfortable stereotyp om moms, and even om childls gay men our very own muny.

Alex and I believed that, pecially on a “fay work” like ABC, the prence of two married gay men raisg their ltle boys the bt way they know how amongst the straight parents was an important opportuny to share wh Ameri how much we all have mon. Workg gay dads have so much around them that requir attentn; we have to divi ourselv between our jobs, our kids, our gay childls iends, our straight parent iends and still remember who we are.

Atralian Gay Dad Shar Foster to Adoptn Story. Bgraphi and analysis of work by Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr+ intified artists, or works associated wh LGBT+ topics.

HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY

One Milln Moms claims two parents an ad released months ago means Hilton Hotels sudnly "is phg the LGBTQ agenda" and "gay liftyle." * gay dada *

Are you a dghter whose dad is gay?

Or are you a gay dad?

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DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR

Ever sce same-sex marriage beme legal across the US, there has been a baby boom the gay muny – om New York Cy to Utah – as the touchg imag show * gay dada *

Most children whose dads are gay were born while their blogil mom and blogil dad were married and livg together. If you have a gay dad or a lbian mom, after they separate, which of them is most likely to remarry or to remarry and then divorce?

Lbian moms are more likely than gay dads to marry their same-sex partner. But gay dads are ls likely to get divorced om their hbands than lbian moms are to get divorced om their wiv. Gay men may experience more discrimatn than lbians, pecially if they are parents.

MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI

Our society is still ls acceptg of gay men beg fathers than of lbians beg mothers. But perhaps the most important rearch fdg is that gay dads and their dghters have closer relatnships when dads tell the tth—and the dads are ls clilly prsed than dads who hi this important rmatn om their children (Tornello, 2018).

SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’

Sadly, gay fathers are more aaid than lbian mothers to tell their children the tth, regardls of their age.

So if you as a dghter or as a gay dad are still tiptoeg around the topic, ’s time to give yourselv a gift by gettg this skeleton out of the closet. (2018) Adult children of gay fathers. Journal of Homosexualy, 65, 1152-1166.

Heynen planned to photograph for a book of photography featurg gay fathers and their children. ”Amerin culture has not been particularly starved of imag of gay fatherhood, particularly recent years. Celebri like Anrson Cooper have helped normalize the ia of gay men raisg children, and no longer feels revelatory to see them on televisn, as did when “Morn Fay” premiered mon, Mr.

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