For Father's Day, NPR spoke to three, gay sgle fathers who ma the choice to bee parents via surrogacy.
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- THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
- SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’
- WHY A SGLE GAY DAD OF 3 WH A HEARTBREAKG PAST IS GOG VIRAL
- ANDY COHEN SAYS BEG THE ONLY SGLE AND GAY PARENT AT HIS SON'S SCHOOL N FEEL 'SURPRISGLY LONELY'
- PATHS TO PARENTHOOD FOR SGLE & GAY DADS: AN INTRODUCTN
- GAY SGLE DAD HAS TO EXPLA HOW HE FATHERED A BABY TO CONFED PEOPLE EVERY DAY
- GAY FATHERS, GOG IT ALONE
- ‘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
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NPR spoke to three men, sgle gay fathers, who chose to bee dads via surrogacy, after years of g to terms wh their inti, their fai, and the technologil advanc that have ma journeys like this possible.
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Black, gay and heavyset the South, he was raised by a sgle mother a fay of sgle mothers. DUSTIN LING "Sometim the gay muny is seen as, oh, 's the funny guy who's always about fashn or always about travel, " says Dt Lg. "Fathers – gay fathers and mothers – e different and var forms, not jt that one-note inty.
SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’
Jose Rolon, who is known on Instagram and TikTok as @nycgaydad, opened up about his viral vios and what 's like to raise 3 kids as a sgle gay dad. * gay single dad *
" Raised on the island natn of Aba to Asian parents, Lg says there weren't many exampl of gay men around. Dpe the challeng of life as a sgle gay dad New York, Lg remas an optimist. In fact, gay sgle dads are part of a growg movement that has seen a signifint surge of tert the last few years, as noted by the New York get a more plete picture of the joys of fatherhood, Yahoo Life spoke to four sgle gay dads who prove that love is what tly mak a fay.
(urty photo)When Puerto Rin TikTok star José Rolón me out at 18 years old, there were few public exampl of gay fathers. “But after everythg is said and done, adoptn for gay men is still really difficult. ”Fzpatrick, whose father, a gay Black man, was killed senselsly by gun vlence the parkg lot of a gay bar when Fzpatrick was 18, says that fatherhood gave him unique opportuni to turn his paful past to purpose through the love of his dghter.
“I thk that gay parents make the bt parents the world, ” he says. “A lot of gay men, as they get olr, bee lonely. One night, Hilton, a sgle gay dad who's weled three children via surrogate, opened up to Evans about the joys of fatherhood and his own journey.
WHY A SGLE GAY DAD OF 3 WH A HEARTBREAKG PAST IS GOG VIRAL
Introducg the major cisns a gay uple or sgle man may face orr to bee fathers. Tips on fdg a clic, selectg an egg donor & gtatnal rrier (surrogate), pros and ns of tws, and sts volved. See an overview of adoptn & foster re for gay and sgle dads. " name="scriptn * gay single dad *
”“I was gog through that empts of growg olr as a gay man and not havg a signifint other and not havg the life I once lived, and not unrstandg where I was gog, ” he ntu.
ANDY COHEN SAYS BEG THE ONLY SGLE AND GAY PARENT AT HIS SON'S SCHOOL N FEEL 'SURPRISGLY LONELY'
As the tradnal ncept of fay ntu to evolve, sgle gay men havg children through surrogacy are begng to emerge. * gay single dad *
“I know all the gay dads who do too. ”Hunter, a succsful divorce attorney wh his own private practice Los Angel, says he was badly bullied as a teenager for beg gay.
José Rolón, or @nycgaydad as he’s known to his more than 30, 000 TikTok followers, regularly posts footage of life wh his 8-year-old son, Avery, and 7-year-old tws dghters, Lilah and London. "I get msag om moms all the time that are like, 'My son is 13 and he's gay and really stgglg.
PATHS TO PARENTHOOD FOR SGLE & GAY DADS: AN INTRODUCTN
A small but growg number of men — gay and straight — are cidg to have children on their own, jt as more women began dog two s ago. Sgle dads say they still face a social stigma but fd parentg emotnally rewardg. * gay single dad *
"Rolón keeps the ntent light and often pok fun of gay stereotyp. In one clip that went viral, Rolón hilarly rponds to a menter who asked, “Do gay dads want their sons to be like girls or guys? ”The vio shows Rolón askg Avery a seri of qutns, wh Avery liverg “gay” answers.
GAY SGLE DAD HAS TO EXPLA HOW HE FATHERED A BABY TO CONFED PEOPLE EVERY DAY
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”Avery: "(Polician and gay rights activist) Harvey Milk. ”“You would never ask a straight parent if they’re raisg their child to be gay or straight, ” Rolón noted. But a new terview wh the New Yorker, the Watch What Happens Live host adms that beg both the only gay dad and sgle parent at his son's school n feel isolatg.
"So far, the two schools that Ben has been , I’ve been the only sgle parent and I’m the only gay parent, " Cohen, 54, tells the magaze.
GAY FATHERS, GOG IT ALONE
"Ben se that Wyatt [Cooper's olr son] has two gay dads, and there are two gay dads down the hall om , " Cohen not.
Law Office of Brian EsserWhat you'll learnIntroducg the major cisns a gay uple or sgle man may face orr to bee fathers.
We also provi an overview of adoptn & foster re for gay and sgle dads.
‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
A gay sgle dad has found himself havg to regularly expla how he fathered a child to people baffled by the Blackman, 23, has received mixed rpons to his sgle-dad stat on datg apps after havg weled his son, Daice Frank-Blackman, to the world. Blackman, om Brentwood, Essex, shar his son wh a childhood iend who he began datg when he was 15, before he told her he was 23-year-old knew he was gay 'ever sce [he] was ltle', but feared g out at school bee he was already beg bulled 'for beg a performer' Blackman shar his son wh a childhood iend.
DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
Cred: Kennedy News and Media"I knew if I said I was gay would have been worse. Dpe knowg he was gay, Blackman said he and Daice's mother 'had such a strong nnectn and were so close was jt easy' Blackman and his then-girliend wanted children, and though Daice wasn't necsarily planned they end up welg the young boy to the world, wh the father assurg: "We're both really happy wh how happened.