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Contents:

• ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
• GAY ADOPTN OF BLACK CHILDREN RAIS CONCERNS
• HELPG THE BLACK FAY THROUGH GAY MARRIAGE
• AIN AMERIN GAY AND LBIAN YOUTH AND THEIR PARENTS
• GAY AIN-AMERIN YOUTH FACE UNIQUE CHALLENG COMG OUT TO FAI

‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

Lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people still bat discrimatn and are nied accs to basic protectns. If some of the plac strike you as ls than gay-iendly, jt nsir that the top ten stat where Black LGBT upl live clu Geia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carola, North Carola, and Alabama. But the sad realy, acrdg to LGBT Fai of Color: Fact at a Glance, is that 32 percent of children beg raised by Black male gay upl live poverty, pared to 13 percent of children beg raised by married heterosexual Black parents and jt 7 percent beg raised by married heterosexual whe statistics are worse if we look at our Black sisters.

There is a far greater difference between the median for Back gay hoeholds and Black lbian hoeholds -- a difference of more than $20, 000 ( is even higher -- close to $30, 000 -- when you pare average hoehold between gay and lbian hoeholds).

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.

GAY ADOPTN OF BLACK CHILDREN RAIS CONCERNS

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. 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.

HELPG THE BLACK FAY THROUGH GAY MARRIAGE

The number of wh adoptg black children is growg, and a risg number of those adoptive parents are gay and lbian. A risg number of those adoptg are gay and lbian, and not every one the black muny is pleased.

But when Gregory Stewart and Stillman Whe cid to adopt, the gay uple checked all the box. She says the gay muny is meetg the needs of foster re kids like no other. MULLANE: Some the black muny say, wa, not so fast wh this whe-gay-upl-adoptg-their-kids thg.

MICHAEL: I'm 1, 000 percent agast , whether 's black gay upl or whe gay upl raisg our children. But even stat like California where gay adoptn is legal, there's discrimatn.

AIN AMERIN GAY AND LBIAN YOUTH AND THEIR PARENTS

Stewart and Whe say as a whe gay uple raisg Ain-Amerin boys, they've been publicly admonished and harassed by law enforcement more than once. MULLANE: Stewart was recently ducted as the first openly gay senr mister of a progrsive church known for s tolerance. He and his partner Whe say San Francis's a good place to be a gay parent, yet their five sons face racism and homophobia all the time.

GAY AIN-AMERIN YOUTH FACE UNIQUE CHALLENG COMG OUT TO FAI

Do that pl three equal… MULLANE: So far, there aren't statistics that show how many gays have adopted black children. About 40 percent of those agenci say they've put kids permanent hom, which prumably means more Ain-Amerin children are fdg so-lled forever fai wh gay parents.

Intersectnaly, Heteronormativy, and Black Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr (LGBT) Fai on JSTOR.