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Contents:
- THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
- SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’
- WHO'S GAY ON TV? DADS, JOURNALISTS, INVTIGATORS AND FOOTMEN
- ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
- TV'S DISAPPOTG GAY DADS
THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
For Father's Day, NPR spoke to three, gay sgle fathers who ma the choice to bee parents via surrogacy. * npr single gay dads *
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But the procs for sgle people, particularly relatively olr gay men, he says, was difficult.
SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’
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WHO'S GAY ON TV? DADS, JOURNALISTS, INVTIGATORS AND FOOTMEN
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‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
" Raised on the island natn of Aba to Asian parents, Lg says there weren't many exampl of gay men around.
TV'S DISAPPOTG GAY DADS
Dpe the challeng of life as a sgle gay dad New York, Lg remas an optimist.
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