44 Famo Gay Dads for Father's Day

gay fathers and their sons

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

Contents:

MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI

A Current Affair journalist McCormack wrote and directed a five-mute film about a young man's trip to a gay bath hoe Brisbane, where his father performs a sex act on him. * gay fathers and their sons *

A Current Affair reporter Ben McCormack directed a sick gay ct film that shows a father performg a sex act on his adult son, Daily Mail Atralia n reveal.

McCormack, who was yterday charged wh sendg child pornography, wrote and directed a five-mute film about a young man's trip to a gay bath hoe protagonist, who wears nothg more than a towel for most of the short film, is seen beg pleasured by an anonymo man, who is later revealed to be his of McCormack's lleagu at ACA said people at the work were disgted by the film - and revealed that he had planned to settle down and have children before his shockg arrt. Reporter Ben McCormack directed a sick gay ct film that shows a father performg a sex act on his son.

DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR

Stt Takacs, a 46-year-old and father of three, penned a personal say about his experience g out as a gay man to his wife and his children. * gay fathers and their sons *

Pictured, the son the film A Current Affair journalist McCormack wrote and directed a five-mute film about a young man's trip to a gay bath hoe Brisbane. The black-and-whe film, filmed 2001, was shot at an ner-cy gay bath hoe Brisbane.

GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?

* gay fathers and their sons *

'Ben has been openly gay the entire time he was at Ne, ' they said.

" McCormack's movie, lled 'Fay Outg', shows a young man nervoly walkg through a sex club wearg only a towel as other men leer at himMen are seen touchg each other si the Brisbane bath hoe durg the short film The black-and-whe film was shot at an ner-cy gay bath hoe Brisbane. 'It was nontg but wasn't strange bee I knew that Ben was gay, ' the source source, who said they have not spoken to McCormack for 15 years, said none of the actors or crew were paid for workg on the film.

'His arrt me as a real shock bee we thought there were no surpris about Ben - he was open about beg gay even though Ne is not exactly the most gay-iendly place to work. Stt Takacs, a 46-year-old and father of three, penned a personal say about his experience g out as a gay man to his sons. There wasn't much of a plan, no guibook hand, only goals that I hoped my boys would start the procs of unrstandg and acceptg their dad for whom I tly was: a gay Stt TakacsIt had been a long 15 months sce g out to my wife, an experience I unfortunately wouldn't scribe as posive, fun or somethg I ever want to repeat.

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 fathers and their sons *

Wh many emotns and strs, I accepted her requt to keep the reason for our divorce -- due to me beg gay -- a secret for at least another year. Chigo offered the stabily I need a job, iendship and at this pot, a new relatnship that all ntributed to my healg this new gay world. Homosexualy wasn't a topic well discsed our fay.

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. * gay fathers and their sons *

Gay iends were jt iends -- rpected but their relatnships not necsarily discsed. Gay marriage was the news, but not discsed our hoe other than the ocsnal negative ment om a close relative. In many ways, a lovg place for them, but I me to realize that teachers spoke openly agast gay culture and textbooks labeled homosexualy as sful and evil.

My kids listened and followed their prr to g out, was hard for me to hear my kids e home wh stori of teachers gradg gay marriage or gay people, to see their workbooks, rercg the bias agast beg gay. The last thg I wanted was for my kids to be treated differently bee they had a gay dad, which I felt was a the year followg my divorce, I agreed not to tell the kids I was gay, so I had to be reful. We were reful to avoid referenc to "gay" discsns and plac, although I lived the Gayborhood of Chigo, an upsle, predomantly gay area on Chigo's North Si.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY FATHERS AND THEIR SONS

'Dads': A new photobook celebrat gay fathers wh their fai across Ameri | CNN .

TOP