Three sgle, gay dads talk about their journeys. : NPR

Contents:

• IS NEIL'S DAD KEV OM THE TV SHOW "INBETWEENERS" GAY OR NOT?
• GAY DADS LIVE FEAR THEIR ADOPTIVE CHILD WILL KILL THEM
• IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?
• THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
• THIS GAY SGLE DAD FLED RSIA OVERNIGHT TO SAVE HIS BABYPUTIN’S CRACKDOWNILLTRATN BY ELIZABETH BROCKWAY/THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYHIS NIGHTMARE BEGAN WHEN A STATE NEWS OUTLET ANNOUNCED THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNED TO ARRT GAY FATHERS WH BABI OM SURROGATE MOTHERS AND PLACE THE KIDS ORPHANAG.ANNA NEMTSOVAPUBLISHED OCT. 09, 2020 4:34AM EDT NIZHNY NOVGOROD, RSIA—VALY’S NIGHTMARE BEGAN LAST THURSDAY MORNG WHEN HE READ A NEWS ARTICLE ON THE WEBSE OF TASS, THE RSIAN NEWS AGENCY. IT SAID THAT THE INVTIGATIVE COMMTEE, A POWERFUL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, PLANNED A NUMBER OF ARRTS OF SGLE GAY FATHERS WH BABI OM SURROGATE MOTHERS. THE WORST NIGHTMARE OF RSIAN LGBTQ PARENTS—POLICE TAKG CHILDREN AWAY AND PLACG THEM ORPHANAG—WAS G TE. TO VALY, A 40-YEAR-OLD IT SPECIALIST, MEANT ONE THG: H THE ROAD, N.THE AGENCY TARGETED MEN LIKE HIM, WHO HAD BABI BORN VIA VRO FERTILIZATN AND SURROGACY. THE TASS ARTICLE SAID THAT THE INVTIGATIVE COMMTEE HAD TARGETED 10 RSIAN SGLE DADS OF “UNTRADNAL SEXUAL ORIENTATN,” AND PLANNED TO ARRT THEM FOR “BABY TRA.”A FEW HOURS AFTER HE READ THE TASS ARTICLE, VALY, WHO ASKED TO CHANGE EVEN HIS FIRST NAME TO PROTECT HIS SAFETY, HAD A BRASTORMG MEETG WH HIS IENDS. THEY MET AT HIS APARTMENT MOSW, LOOKED AT THE MAP AND CHOSE A UNTRY TO E AS HIS TEMPORARY SHELTER. VALY BOUGHT A PLANE TICKET, PACKED HIS SUSE, GRABBED HIS 6-MONTH-OLD BABY BOY, AND LEFT RSIA. ANNA NEMTSOVA

IS NEIL'S DAD KEV OM THE TV SHOW "INBETWEENERS" GAY OR NOT?

A recurrg theme throughout the programme is whether or not Kev is gay. There are subtle hts however that Kev is ed homosexual. A dnk Will rponds by throwg a tira of abe at Kev about his moured homosexualy, llg him a 'Bumr' (a portmante of 'bummer' and 'benr').

GAY DADS LIVE FEAR THEIR ADOPTIVE CHILD WILL KILL THEM

In eher se, Kev has still not fotten that Will (along wh Neil's other iends) thks that he is gay as dited the airport scene the send film. That said is likely that he dislik Simon that the former is amongst those who thk he is gay.

He is on generally good terms wh Polly McKenzie and Pamela and Alan Cooper, although he is trated that they too believe him to be gay. His relatnship wh Jay's relativ is ls clear though when he meets Jay's dad (apparently for the first time) Kev was thoroughly sulted by Terry who said he looked and talked like a gay vir, Kev was left both shocked and hurt.

A recurrg theme across every seri is whether or not Kev is gay. Jay also believ the reason she divorced his father was bee he is gay. The betweeners- very homophobic!

IS YOUR DAD GAY—OR ARE YOU A GAY DAD?

Amount of homophobic language they e is jt spible!!! Everythg is 'that is so gay' and 'you benr' and all the thgs we hear that nnect the negative stereotype to beg a homosexual. Its totally wrong to e that much homophobic remarks a show for sure.

I e 'That's so gay'.

The average teenager says 'That's so gay'. No, i pletely get that and unrstand that but ther another scene where they get dnk and one of them pletely ab his mat dad as they spect he is gay. I thk for me thats when was gog a b far wh the g homophobic language as beg a joke.

THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS

I unrstand why 's upsettg, beg gay myself. But if I let myself get upset everytime somethg portrayed homosexualy a negative ntext, I'd be upset all the time. Prumably they n get away wh the characters sayg 'thats so gay' etc, bee is a fairly accurate reprentatn of 16/17 year old boys at a school like that.

I dunno, maybe im jt not easily offend, but i fd the scen where they make fun of Neil's dad as gay hilar.

Gay. It's meant to portray high school teenagers a humoro way, and the whole 'gay' sults is a big part of high school. Mean or not, when someone says "thats so gay" they have jt put gay people on a lser sle.

THIS GAY SGLE DAD FLED RSIA OVERNIGHT TO SAVE HIS BABYPUTIN’S CRACKDOWNILLTRATN BY ELIZABETH BROCKWAY/THE DAILY BEAST/GETTYHIS NIGHTMARE BEGAN WHEN A STATE NEWS OUTLET ANNOUNCED THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNED TO ARRT GAY FATHERS WH BABI OM SURROGATE MOTHERS AND PLACE THE KIDS ORPHANAG.ANNA NEMTSOVAPUBLISHED OCT. 09, 2020 4:34AM EDT NIZHNY NOVGOROD, RSIA—VALY’S NIGHTMARE BEGAN LAST THURSDAY MORNG WHEN HE READ A NEWS ARTICLE ON THE WEBSE OF TASS, THE RSIAN NEWS AGENCY. IT SAID THAT THE INVTIGATIVE COMMTEE, A POWERFUL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, PLANNED A NUMBER OF ARRTS OF SGLE GAY FATHERS WH BABI OM SURROGATE MOTHERS. THE WORST NIGHTMARE OF RSIAN LGBTQ PARENTS—POLICE TAKG CHILDREN AWAY AND PLACG THEM ORPHANAG—WAS G TE. TO VALY, A 40-YEAR-OLD IT SPECIALIST, MEANT ONE THG: H THE ROAD, N.THE AGENCY TARGETED MEN LIKE HIM, WHO HAD BABI BORN VIA VRO FERTILIZATN AND SURROGACY. THE TASS ARTICLE SAID THAT THE INVTIGATIVE COMMTEE HAD TARGETED 10 RSIAN SGLE DADS OF “UNTRADNAL SEXUAL ORIENTATN,” AND PLANNED TO ARRT THEM FOR “BABY TRA.”A FEW HOURS AFTER HE READ THE TASS ARTICLE, VALY, WHO ASKED TO CHANGE EVEN HIS FIRST NAME TO PROTECT HIS SAFETY, HAD A BRASTORMG MEETG WH HIS IENDS. THEY MET AT HIS APARTMENT MOSW, LOOKED AT THE MAP AND CHOSE A UNTRY TO E AS HIS TEMPORARY SHELTER. VALY BOUGHT A PLANE TICKET, PACKED HIS SUSE, GRABBED HIS 6-MONTH-OLD BABY BOY, AND LEFT RSIA. ANNA NEMTSOVA

Maybe we should be changg the fact thats s so normal for "thats so gay" to be ed highschool? Racial slurs are not accepted schools the days, but homophobic slurs are on the rise.