Gay Parents Raisg Kids: How Will They Fare? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
• THE AMAZG PHOTOS OF GAY DADS AND THEIR CHILDREN SHOW LOVE MAK A FAY, NOT GENR
• ‘SAME STREET’ TAK A BIG LEAP FOR LGBTQ VISIBILY, TRODUC GAY DADS WH A DGHTER
• IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
• GAY PARENTS RAISG KIDS: HOW WILL THEY FARE?
• ONE OF BRA'S FIRST GAY DADS TO MARRY DGHTER'S EX-BOYIEND AFTER PROPOSG ON TRIP
• IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
• BRA’S ‘FIRST GAY DADS’ SPL AFTER ONE STARTS DATG DGHTER’S EX

‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD

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.

THE AMAZG PHOTOS OF GAY DADS AND THEIR CHILDREN SHOW LOVE MAK A FAY, NOT GENR

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. 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.

‘SAME STREET’ TAK A BIG LEAP FOR LGBTQ VISIBILY, TRODUC GAY DADS WH A DGHTER

Heynen said, but rather a celebratn of the day-to-day liv of gay Jt for the YoungCly Rose, 61, and Ryan, 12Cly Rose, who liv Manhattan, was first photographed for “Dads” three years ago after meetg Mr. Heynen at an event at the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center New York Cy.

IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?

Heynen “a lot of cred” for cludg a father like him — a sgle dad his 60s — sce he said there is often a lack of reprentatn of olr gay people art and media, which tends to foc on young, f men.

GAY PARENTS RAISG KIDS: HOW WILL THEY FARE?

As a Black, gay man raisg a son on his own, Mr. Feelg a ltle isolated as a gay father a straight world, Bart was spired to embark on his latt photo book, Dads, published by powerHoe Books. It shows portras and profil of gay men raisg children across the U.

“It has ma me feel ls lonely beg a gay father, ” he says of the four-year-project.

ONE OF BRA'S FIRST GAY DADS TO MARRY DGHTER'S EX-BOYIEND AFTER PROPOSG ON TRIP

Still, Art exprsed a strong sire to have a child, and Jim, a gay activist and early childhood tor, also thought they’d make good parents. Adoptn agenci refed to work wh gay men, and other stat nied adoptn rights to unmarried upl. “Our pediatrician turned on to another gay uple who was dog surrogacy, and we formed a lbian and gay parentg group!

IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?

“Straight/gay, young/old. “Judaism is super important to , and we have found no nflict between beg gay dads and beg Jewish.

But they met almost two s earlier the summer of 2001, on the gay getaway of Fire Island.

Raisg their dghter Mila Manhattan, “where nobody bats an eyelash at the sight of gay dads and their kids, ” has been a blsg, Patrick says. They realize they’re a fairly privileged posn pared to other gay dads.

BRA’S ‘FIRST GAY DADS’ SPL AFTER ONE STARTS DATG DGHTER’S EX

“There’s a Facebook group we’re part of lled Gay Fathers, and there are often horror stori about gay men, many of whom are recently-out and the middle of divorc om their wiv, and they’re beg threatened wh loss of ctodial or visg rights, ” Patrick says.

Gay dads don’t accintally bee dads; they fight for .