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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.

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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. * gay single dad *

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But the procs for sgle people, particularly relatively olr gay men, he says, was difficult. 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.

SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’

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"Fathers – gay fathers and mothers – e different and var forms, not jt that one-note inty.

" 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.

WHY A SGLE GAY DAD OF 3 WH A HEARTBREAKG PAST IS GOG VIRAL

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“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.

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 *

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. ”“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.

“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.

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 *

"I get msag om moms all the time that are like, 'My son is 13 and he's gay and really stgglg. "Rolón keeps the ntent light and often pok fun of gay stereotyp.

GAY SGLE DAD HAS TO EXPLA HOW HE FATHERED A BABY TO CONFED PEOPLE EVERY DAY

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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?

GAY FATHERS, GOG IT ALONE

”The vio shows Rolón askg Avery a seri of qutns, wh Avery liverg “gay” answers.

‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

”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.

DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR

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.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY SINGLE DAD

Andy Cohen says beg the only sgle and gay parent at his son's school n feel 'surprisgly lonely' .

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