For Father's Day, NPR spoke to three, gay sgle fathers who ma the choice to bee parents via surrogacy.
Contents:
- WHAT DO CHILDREN LL THEIR GAY PARENTS?
- MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
- ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
- THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
WHAT DO CHILDREN LL THEIR GAY PARENTS?
Give a big Father's Day hug to Ricky Mart, Neil Patrick Harris, and Anrson Cooper — as well as the rt of our hight-profile gay dads. * names for gay fathers *
We all have iends who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual, or nonbary – wh a ton of variatns and subsets. “Homosexual” – This is an outdated, clil term scribg someone who experienc same-sex attractn, and ’s nsired rogatory.
MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
Photographer Bart Heynen set out across the untry to make a visual archive of gay fatherhood "Dads." * names for gay fathers *
Its abbreviated form, “homo, ” is jt as bad.
‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
We gay dads have pulled through stggl and self-reckongs to plant ourselv parentg and should have the kship nam we want. * names for gay fathers *
Use “gay” stead. “Gay” – Used to scribe a man attracted to men, but n also refer to a woman attracted to women. While this is the preferred adjective, n be ed posively (“Grant, may gay iend, is an amazg fashn gu”), ntrally (“My iend Grant is gay”), or negatively (“Don’t hang out wh Grant or you might bee gay too”).
Use the word rrectly: “Gay” do NOT mean bisexual or transgenr, and is not a synonym for “queer.
THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
“Fag/faggot/dyke” – The words have a history of beg ed a rogatory manner and are wily nsired sultg; however, you may see two gay men affectnately ll each other “fag” or an activist group that rporat the word “dyke.
It is not a synonym for “gay.