When Bob Morris' widowed father cid to start datg aga at the age of 80, gus who found himself sortg through the personals? In Assisted Lovg, Morris chronicl the search for Dad's new Ms. Right — and his own misadventur the romantic jungle that is Manhattan's gay ghetto.
Contents:
- SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’
- THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
- WHAT’S A MOTHER TO DO WHEN HER GAY TEENAGE SON IS DATG A MAN TWICE HIS AGE?
- DREAM DADDY: HOW THE GAY DAD DATG SIM BEME A H GAME OF THE SUMMER
- IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
- MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
- SHOULD I LET MY (MAYBE) GAY TEENAGE SON HAVE SLEEPOVERS WH BOYS?
SGLE GAY DADS GIVE TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME PARENTS: ‘I CREATED THE VILLAGE AROUND MYSELF’
Stt Takacs, a 46-year-old and father of three, penned a personal say about his experience g out as a gay man to his wife and his children. * gay dad son dating *
Stt Takacs, a 46-year-old and father of three, penned a personal say about his experience g out as a gay man to his sons.
There wasn't much of a plan, no guibook hand, only goals that I hoped my boys would start the procs of unrstandg and acceptg their dad for whom I tly was: a gay Stt TakacsIt had been a long 15 months sce g out to my wife, an experience I unfortunately wouldn't scribe as posive, fun or somethg I ever want to repeat.
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 dad son dating *
Wh many emotns and strs, I accepted her requt to keep the reason for our divorce -- due to me beg gay -- a secret for at least another year.
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WHAT’S A MOTHER TO DO WHEN HER GAY TEENAGE SON IS DATG A MAN TWICE HIS AGE?
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DREAM DADDY: HOW THE GAY DAD DATG SIM BEME A H GAME OF THE SUMMER
Photographer Bart Heynen set out across the untry to make a visual archive of gay fatherhood "Dads." * gay dad son dating *
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IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
The last thg I wanted was for my kids to be treated differently bee they had a gay dad, which I felt was a the year followg my divorce, I agreed not to tell the kids I was gay, so I had to be reful.
We were reful to avoid referenc to "gay" discsns and plac, although I lived the Gayborhood of Chigo, an upsle, predomantly gay area on Chigo's North Si. He was a few years ahead of his brothers beg doctrated by his school agast homosexualy. He was fiant at tim and generally embarrassed about his gay dad.
Eventually, though, that started to four years, my olst son's iends knew he had a gay dad, and, to put teenage terms, wasn't so bad.
MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
I thk he unrstands beg gay isn't a choice anymore, and I believe that will ex-wife certaly bore the bnt of the day-to-day wh the kids. I helped start a group for gay fathers Chigo and has shown me that there are other gay fathers ahead of me their g-out journey wh posive experienc to share. I will be his is unlike other "daddi" I've met the esystem of gay datg apps.
SHOULD I LET MY (MAYBE) GAY TEENAGE SON HAVE SLEEPOVERS WH BOYS?
"I knew right then and there that I was gay, " he smirks. I am drawn to his storied gay life; he is amed by the charmed pleasantri of my famo school.
About how Liza Mnelli really was a gifted actrs before she mutated to a gay in. I say 's a temptg sk to slip to—to pretend I'm jt some uncultured gay kid.
"It's a temptg sk to slip to—to pretend I'm jt some uncultured gay kid.