Photographer Bart Heynen set out across the untry to make a visual archive of gay fatherhood "Dads."
Contents:
- ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
- DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
- THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
- IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
- 6 GAY DADS ON THE CHALLENG OF MORN GAY FATHERHOOD
- MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
- SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’
- GAY DADS BLOG
- 20 FAMO GAY DADS TO CELEBRATE FATHER'S DAY & PRI MONTH
‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
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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.
DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
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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.
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THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
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IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
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6 GAY DADS ON THE CHALLENG OF MORN GAY FATHERHOOD
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MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
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SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’
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GAY DADS BLOG
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Celebry gay fathers, whether they're actors, activists, micians, or policians, are showg the world that love is what mak a fay. Below, learn about high-profile gay dads such as Anrson Cooper, Denis O'Hare, Matt Bomer, Karamo Brown, Ricky Mart, and many more. "I me out at 16 years old as a proud gay man.
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Most children whose dads are gay were born while their blogil mom and blogil dad were married and livg together. If you have a gay dad or a lbian mom, after they separate, which of them is most likely to remarry or to remarry and then divorce?
20 FAMO GAY DADS TO CELEBRATE FATHER'S DAY & PRI MONTH
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Lbian moms are more likely than gay dads to marry their same-sex partner. But gay dads are ls likely to get divorced om their hbands than lbian moms are to get divorced om their wiv.