Patrick Haggerty didn't know he was gay, but spects that his father did when he told him not to hi his inty. Haggerty was 15, and his dad told him to be proud of himself.
Contents:
- THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
- DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
- 'DON'T SNEAK': DAD'S UNEXPECTED ADVICE TO HIS GAY SON IN THE '50S
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 dad/son stories *
It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch. To be classified as te homosexual behavr, the form, motivatn and functn would all have to be sexual nature, he said. Growg up, I was a tomboy — or what Larry David would later ll “pre-gay.
And while my father was anx when I first me out as gay at 19, I have only ever felt supported by him.
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 dad/son stories *
In late 1980, at a support group for gay fathers, my dad met Lnel –– the man wh whom he would spend the next 23 years.
He had seemed kd of lost his new life – phg 60, recently divorced om my mother, recently out of the closet as gay man.
'DON'T SNEAK': DAD'S UNEXPECTED ADVICE TO HIS GAY SON IN THE '50S
He asked that I march wh him, alongsi the other gay fathers and their kids, the Los Angel Pri Para.
What I do remember was that someone had ma T-shirts that said "I LOVE MY GAY DAD" and I refed to wear one. I told my dad, “I love you, but not bee you’re gay.