For Father's Day, NPR spoke to three, gay sgle fathers who ma the choice to bee parents via surrogacy.
Contents:
- GROWG UP WH A GAY FATHER – CONFSNS OM A STRAIGHT SON
- THE GAY FATHER I NEVER KNEW
- THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
- HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
GROWG UP WH A GAY FATHER – CONFSNS OM A STRAIGHT SON
Growg up wh a gay father created challeng for both my Dad & I. His journey out of the Bible Belt & closet was not easy. Most importantly though . . . * gay dad story *
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.
THE GAY FATHER I NEVER KNEW
Stori by, for, and/or about Gay and Bi Young People. * gay dad story *
But I knew he was gay by the time I was 7 or 8.
THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
So this is my story of growg up wh a gay father.
Growg up wh a gay father, particularly one who was aaid to e out, prented challeng our abily to get emotnally close. I don’t rell a time when I didn’t know my Dad was gay.
HOW I ACCINTALLY FOUND OUT MY DAD IS GAY
From my earlit memori of my Dad around age 5, I thk I always knew my dad was gay. Th I never had that aha moment of realizg “I have a gay father”!
To hear both of them tell , my Dad beg gay wasn’t a factor the spl. How my Dad me to terms wh beg gay. I don’t thk anyone knew yet that my Dad was gay.
After all, he was the son of a Baptist Preacher and there would not have been much tolerance the 1940’s or 50’s for him to e out as gay.