I Had Two Gay Dads Des Before It Was 'Cool' | HuffPost Voic

Contents:

• MY TWO DADS: GAY FATHERS HAVE MUCH TO CELEBRATE
• I HAD TWO GAY DADS DES BEFORE IT WAS 'COOL'
• 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
• ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
• IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?

MY TWO DADS: GAY FATHERS HAVE MUCH TO CELEBRATE

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I HAD TWO GAY DADS DES BEFORE IT WAS 'COOL'

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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

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‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

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.

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IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?

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We always knew they were gay but not wrten as such. A few years ago, I did a "Whatever Happened to Staci Keanan" search onle and I found a Facebook page - hers I thk - and she was very pro-gay, very much an ally.

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