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- EXCLUSIVE: 'I FELT LIKE JT A RENTED UTES': SURROGATE MOM SPEAKS OUT AFTER GAY DADS REFE TO ACCEPT PREMIE BABY LIVERED EARLY TO FACILATE NCER TREATMENT
- I WAS RAISED BY 2 GAY MEN. I STILL THK CHILDREN SERVE TO BE ADOPTED TO A HOME WH A MOTHER AND A FATHER | OPN
- IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
- WHAT DO CHILDREN LL THEIR GAY PARENTS?
- SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’
EXCLUSIVE: 'I FELT LIKE JT A RENTED UTES': SURROGATE MOM SPEAKS OUT AFTER GAY DADS REFE TO ACCEPT PREMIE BABY LIVERED EARLY TO FACILATE NCER TREATMENT
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Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.
'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.
I WAS RAISED BY 2 GAY MEN. I STILL THK CHILDREN SERVE TO BE ADOPTED TO A HOME WH A MOTHER AND A FATHER | OPN
Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.
The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". After all, we all have iends we know and love who are gay and who serve to be treated fairly.
For the first eight years of my life, I was raised by two gay men — my father and his partner. I craved a mother’s love even though I was well-loved by my two gay dads.
IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
I am not sayg that gay upl nnot love and parent children well. No adult, gay or straight, has a right to adopt.
Are you a dghter whose dad is gay? Or are you a gay dad? gay: 1.
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?
WHAT DO CHILDREN LL THEIR GAY PARENTS?
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.
SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’
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).
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.