Three sgle, gay dads talk about their journeys. : NPR

Contents:

• ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
• DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
• SUBSCRIBEHOMEEXCLIVFEATURE SPOTLIGHTSGAYE RAPPERSNEWS & OPNENTERTAMENTTV & FILMSPORTSLIFE & EXPERIENCEFASHN & BETYCONTACTADVERTISECAREERSABOUTMOREUSE TAB TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE MENU EMS.RECENT ARTICLEXCLIVNEWS & TEA!ENTERTAMENTFEATURE SPOTLIGHTFASHNLIFTYLENEWSLGBT RAPPERSBIG, BLACK GAYE CHRISTMASSPORTSTHE HAPPY HOUR TALK SHOWVALENT DAYVOICEYOLGBT RAPS X GAYETV & FILMBSSEARCHK. KEHFEB 14, 20195 M READCARLOS AND RICHARD, THE REAL 'MAGIL' DADS OF NEW YORK, SHARE THEIR JOURNEY OF LOVE & PARENTG
• GAY FATHERS, GOG IT ALONE
• MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
• GAY DADS SUE NEW YORK SCHOOL AFTER SON ENDUR TWO YEARS OF HOMOPHOBIC BULLYG
• THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
• NEW YORK GAY DADS CELEBRATE DGHTER’S FIRST BIRTHDAY AFTER DIFFICULT PATH TO PARENTHOOD
• JOHNNY & SEBASTIAN, NEW YORK | INSPIRG GAY DADS
• THE STORY BEHD THE INIC PHOTO OF GAY DADS KISSG
• AS A GAY MAN, I’LL NEVER BE NORMAL
• NEW YORK JT MA EASIER FOR GAY DADS TO RE FOR THEIR BABI PUBLIC
• AFTER ORLANDO, 21 PHOTOS OF GAY DADS AND THEIR KIDS TO HELP YOU SE AGA

‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

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. Heynen said, are imag of gay fathers who aren’t Instagram ready — like two men bg their dghters’ hair or tossg a football the ont yard.

DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR

It’s an unrstandable impulse, which he attribut to a sire among gay parents to feel “normal” after havg their pabili as parents ntually lled to qutn.

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Heynen said, but rather a celebratn of the day-to-day liv of gay Jt for the YoungCly Rose, 61, and Ryan, 12Cly Rose, who liv Manhattan, was first photographed for “Dads” three years ago after meetg Mr. Heynen at an event at the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center New York Cy. Heynen “a lot of cred” for cludg a father like him — a sgle dad his 60s — sce he said there is often a lack of reprentatn of olr gay people art and media, which tends to foc on young, f men.

As a Black, gay man raisg a son on his own, Mr. Clton, MarylandThey are the first both their fai to bee gay fathers, and received a warm wele to parenthood. Asbury Park, New JerseyThe most stunng takeaway om photographg gay dads is the equaly of their partnership while raisg their children.

GAY FATHERS, GOG IT ALONE

Brooklyn, New YorkWhile makg Dads I was surprised to fd out how many gay sgle dads there are creatg their fay through adoptn or surrogacy.

It was hard to fd black fai wh gay fathers livg NYC. Province, Rho IslandArt and Jim were one of the first gay upl to bee fathers through adoptn. Tom and Mike wh their son Jack at a lacrosse practice at Horace Mann School, Bronx, New YorkThroughout the book the children of gay dads grow olr.

Although the school and Jack’s iends know that Jack has two gay dads there was some tensn the air while posg for this photo the middle of a sports field wh all the other players around.

MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI

New York CySome gay dads choose not to share who the blogil father of their children is. Carlos and Richard Seigler-Carter aka The Real Dads of New York fed that term simply by livg their everyday liv and raisg a child, all while navigatg the world as a married black gay uple Ameri, a tle so rare was like stumblg upon a unirn as tried to fd a needle a haystack. Over the years, they grew closer as acquatanc; Carlos would notice Richie the wee hours of the night wanrg the Village, a lotn New York wh gay-oriented tablishments which clus as gay bars, nightclubs, and bathho.

When the uple returned home, they were notified that they were emed strong ndidat to adopt Timothy bee the parents specifilly asked for a gay uple. Happy Father's Day to the famo gay dads!

GAY DADS SUE NEW YORK SCHOOL AFTER SON ENDUR TWO YEARS OF HOMOPHOBIC BULLYG

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.

THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS

"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.

As the tradnal ncept of fay ntu to evolve, sgle gay men havg children through surrogacy are begng to Williams and his 4-year-old son, ScherPhotographs by Sara Naomi LewkowiczOct. “I’m a sgle gay dad om surrogacy. Surrogacy agenci across the untry report a surge of tert om sgle gay men the last few Marsh, a spokwoman for Men Havg Babi, a nonprof that helps gay men navigate the surrogacy procs, said that the crease tert om sgle men is part of a broar surge gay fai.

NEW YORK GAY DADS CELEBRATE DGHTER’S FIRST BIRTHDAY AFTER DIFFICULT PATH TO PARENTHOOD

”Most sgle gay men pursue what is known as gtatnal surrogacy: the surrogate is implanted wh a fertilized embryo taken om a separate egg donor. “Growg up gay a homophobic town, and tough fancial tim, was hard to see how I’d have my own kids, ” he parents stng together several low-wage jobs, and he’s the first his fay to earn a bachelor’s gree. Towers stayed Oregon for three more weeks, until the tws were ready for the long flight home to New unpredictable as the medil prospect of surrogacy may be, some gay men prefer that to the possibily of facg discrimatn Williams had his son, Elan, via surrogacy four years ago.

“As a sgle, gay black man, ” he said, “I figured I’d be at the bottom of the list for most women. ”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn MB, Page 4 of the New York edn wh the headle: Gay, Sgle and Ready for Fatherhood.

Such a photograph would have been extraordarily rare jt s ago, but now is one of many published the book “Dads, ” a four-year visual archive of gay fatherhood across Ameri that began 2016. “I felt a ltle b lonely as a gay dad – although there are two of – but lonely the sense that all the other fai I knew were straight parents, ” Heynen said a vio ll, explag why he began photographg the seri. “I also thought was important for (my kids) to see other fai wh gay dads.

JOHNNY & SEBASTIAN, NEW YORK | INSPIRG GAY DADS

“For many people, the book will be an troductn to gay fatherhood. For Heynen, they reprent addnal love and re and help illtrate some of the cisn-makg that, though not exclive to them, all gay fathers mt ntend wh. “Most of the women are Mormon, and Mormons don’t believe gay marriage and gays havg kids.

Heynen, as well as the fathers he photographed, hope that the photographs “Dads” will dispel some of the hurtful stereotyp that still lger around gay fatherhood.

THE STORY BEHD THE INIC PHOTO OF GAY DADS KISSG

Abplanalp never knew when he was younger that fatherhood would be possible for him as gay man.

Listen: “Daddy Squared: The Gay Dads Podst” (2019-ongog). Hosted by Wt Hollywood uple Yan and Alex, the dads e each episo to chat parentg and relatnships, and lately have been focg each episo on the gay rights and fatherhood pathways by untry, and vg a gay father om each lotn on as a gut.

AS A GAY MAN, I’LL NEVER BE NORMAL

Patrick, who played a terracial gay uple who eventually marry and adopt two children.

This YA g-of-age novel follows high schooler Sal, who was adopted to a lovg Mexin Amerin fay by his gay father, when he begs to qutn his inty and place the world durg his senr year. This one-hour documentary followed the fay liv of four gay fai and the legal and cultural hurdl the men faced to bee fathers.

The director and producer is Johnny Symons, himself a gay father of an adopted son wh his partner the Bay Area.

NEW YORK JT MA EASIER FOR GAY DADS TO RE FOR THEIR BABI PUBLIC

Savage beme an ternatnally regnized sex lumnist and activist the 1990s and ’00s for his ank cultural sight to gay relatnships and inty. Gay fathers are sug their son’s school and allegg that admistrators allowed homophobic bullyg to ntue for two years whout terventn.

Jason Cianctto, one of the fathers, told Gay Cy News that his son was repeatedly bullied at Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performg Arts Astoria, Queens.

AFTER ORLANDO, 21 PHOTOS OF GAY DADS AND THEIR KIDS TO HELP YOU SE AGA

The bullyg started bee of his gay dads and ntued after the boy himself me out as gay, Cianctto said. That was “appropriate” to discs his sexualy and acced her of sayg that if the boy “didn’t talk about beg gay school, then the thgs wouldn’t happen.

Queens man slashed face apparent anti-gay hate crime. 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.