Trystan Ree, a transgenr man, and Biff Chaplow, who intifi as gay, recently celebrated the birth of their first blogil child.
Contents:
- 'ACCINTAL GAY PARENTS' SHOW THERE'S NO ONE PATH TO CREATG FAY
- 'ACCINTAL GAY PARENTS' CELEBRATE NEWT ADDN TO FAY
- HOW THE "ACCINTAL GAY PARENTS" ARE REFG FAY
- WHY GAY PARENTS MAY BE THE BT PARENTS
- RADIO SWEETHEARTS — TRYSTAN ANGEL REE OF THE “ACCINTAL GAY PARENTS” ON MAKG A (GROWG) FAY!
- HOW THE "ACCINTAL GAY PARENTS" ARE REFG FAY
'ACCINTAL GAY PARENTS' SHOW THERE'S NO ONE PATH TO CREATG FAY
Trystan Ree, a gay trans man and Biff Chaplow, a gay man, share their story of "accintal" parenthood on the popular podst The Longt Shortt Time. * accidental gay parents *
“Our life is mostly pickg up soccer balls and drivg to Girl Suts, ” he told NBC Out at their home Portland, Ree is quick to pot out that as a gay trans man married to another gay man and raisg two children together, the life he and his partner have built together is a life that many LGBTQ dividuals before him uld have never experienced. Fathers Biff Chaplow (left) and Trystan Ree (right) wh their children Hailey and RileyKev Tong“I was Texas last September, and I was talkg to this olr gay man his 60s, and I told our story, and I asked, ‘Were you able to be a parent?
“I’ve been a gay trans du for like 14 years, ” Ree explaed. ’ [I tell them] bee 'I’m gay, I’m not gog to pretend to be straight. Related: My Two Dads: Gay Fathers Have Much to CelebrateIt was then that Ree and Chaplow began sharg their story of parenthood to a larger dience.
'ACCINTAL GAY PARENTS' CELEBRATE NEWT ADDN TO FAY
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Ree got ntact wh The Longt Shortt Time, a popular podst on parentg, and over the urse of two years and gut appearanc on five episos, Ree and Chaplow reunted their story as “The Accintal Gay Parents. ”When their pregnancy story went viral this past sprg after they shared on the popular parentg podst The Longt Shortt Time — segments tled "The Accintal Gay Parents" — Ree and Chaplow said they began to receive both posive and negative rpons to their fay. "While this ll to parentg may sound atypil how unpredictable was, that's bee tly was: Chaplow and Ree — a cisgenr gay man and transgenr gay man, rpectively — had only been datg for a year before they adopted Chaplow's sister's children to protect them om enterg the foster system.
Riley was 3 years old and Hailey was 1 year old at the time — they are now 10 and 7 — and once the papers were signed, Chaplow and Ree famoly beme "accintal gay parents. The Accintal Gay Parents — A podst episo tellg the story of one uple’s unexpected path to parenthood. Journey to Sam-Sex Parenthood: Firsthand Advice, Tips and Stori om Lbian and Gay Coupl by Eric Rosswood.
More Accintal Gay Parents. Gay marriage, and pecially gay parentg, has been the cross hairs recent Jan.
HOW THE "ACCINTAL GAY PARENTS" ARE REFG FAY
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9), Pope Benedict lled gay marriage a threat "to the future of humany self, " cg the need for children to have heterosexual rearch on fai head by gays and lbians don't back up the dire assertns. In fact, some ways, gay parents may brg talents to the table that straight parents don' parents "tend to be more motivated, more mted than heterosexual parents on average, bee they chose to be parents, " said Abbie Goldberg, a psychologist at Clark Universy Massachetts who rearch gay and lbian parentg.
WHY GAY PARENTS MAY BE THE BT PARENTS
Though kids of gay and straight parents turn out no differently acrdg to multiply studi, kids same-sex hom may have a tolerance advantage on average. * accidental gay parents *
Gays and lbians rarely bee parents by accint, pared wh an almost 50 percent accintal pregnancy rate among heterosexuals, Goldberg said. "And while rearch dit that kids of gay parents show few differenc achievement, mental health, social functng and other measur, the kids may have the advantage of open-mdns, tolerance and role mols for equable relatnships, acrdg to some rearch.
RADIO SWEETHEARTS — TRYSTAN ANGEL REE OF THE “ACCINTAL GAY PARENTS” ON MAKG A (GROWG) FAY!
<p>Audience fav Trystan and Biff’s new baby was born July! We get an update om the Accintal-On-Purpose-Gay-Parents about life wh baby Leo, and how the whole fay’s adjtg. Pl, some big news om LST (cue the award mic…)!</p><p>To jo the nversatn, go to <a href='; target='_blank'>;/a>! Sign up for our <a href='; target='_blank'>newsletter</a>. Follow on <a href='; target='_blank'>Facebook</a>, <a href='; target='_blank'>Twter</a> and <a href='; target='_blank'>Instagram</a>.</p><p>This episo is brought to you by <a href='; target='_blank'>ltleBs</a>, <a href='; target='_blank'>Sonos</a> (: TIME10), <a href='; target='_blank'>Ltle Passports</a>, <a href='; target='_blank'>Spice Islands</a>, and <a href='; target='_blank'>Fracture</a> (: TIME15). Use the promo s at checkout for a special disunt.</p> " name="scriptn * accidental gay parents *
Not only that, but gays and lbians are likely to provi hom for difficult-to-place children the foster system, studi show. ) [5 Myths About Gay People Debunked]Adoptg the needitGay adoptn recently ed ntroversy Illois, where Catholic Chari adoptn servic cid November to cease offerg servic bee the state refed fundg unls the groups agreed not to discrimate agast gays and lbians.
Catholic opposn asi, rearch suggts that gay and lbian parents are actually a powerful rource for kids need of adoptn. Acrdg to a 2007 report by the Williams Instute and the Urban Instute, 65, 000 kids were livg wh adoptive gay parents between 2000 and 2002, wh another 14, 000 foster hom head by gays and lbians.
HOW THE "ACCINTAL GAY PARENTS" ARE REFG FAY
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Donaldson Adoptn Instute found that, of gay and lbian adoptns at more than 300 agenci, 10 percent of the kids placed were olr than 6 — typilly a very difficult age to adopt out.