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Photographer Bart Heynen set out across the untry to make a visual archive of gay fatherhood "Dads."

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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 married dads *

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. 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.

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 married dads *

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.

‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

For Father's Day, NPR spoke to three, gay sgle fathers who ma the choice to bee parents via surrogacy. * gay married dads *

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. New York CySome gay dads choose not to share who the blogil father of their children is.

Heynen planned to photograph for a book of photography featurg gay fathers and their children.

THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS

”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. 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. 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.

MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI

Heynen at an event at the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center New York Cy.

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

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