NBC Buys Gay Father-Son Comedy From Wrer Nick Lehmann & Matt Hubbard – Deadle

Contents:

• HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
• LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON [GAY BLACK / MM SHORT STORY] KDLE EDN
• ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
• IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
• NBC BUYS GAY FATHER-SON COMEDY FROM WRER NICK LEHMANN & MATT HUBBARD

HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY

Gay Like Me: A Father Wr to His Son by Richie Jackson (Harper 2020) $24.

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His greatt wish for his son was that he knows the joy of beg gay bee ’s “a gift. The thgs give Jackson hope as he lnch his elst son the world as a gay man, but he has advice….

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON [GAY BLACK / MM SHORT STORY] KDLE EDN

Don’t fall to the same dgs-and-alhol trap that’s ensnared so many other gay men. Perhaps not, but if he’s a gay young man, he might still be glad to have Gay Like Me. As years passed, he always regretted that she never knew about him what he knew about himself: he received his first gay kiss at age 9 and unrstood even then that he preferred boys to girls.

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‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

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IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?

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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.

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NBC BUYS GAY FATHER-SON COMEDY FROM WRER NICK LEHMANN & MATT HUBBARD

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