Tag: children

They're the real life Brady Bunch, merging their kids from previous marriages into their new family These gay dads and their kids are the real life Brady Bunch. Wayne Perez and Gus Magallanes both married women before they realized they were gay. They settled down, with Perez having two sons, Lucas and Logan, and Magallanes having a daughter, Eva. Then they realized they were gay and came out to their respective wives. A few years later, Magallanes and Perez met via social media...

The couple split and now share custody of the kids A gay dad took his ex-wife to court after she refused to let him see their kids, in case they turn gay. The father, identified only as ‘M’ in Gauteng High Court reports, came out as gay to his now ex-wife in 2014. They were together for 12 years and have two children, a boy and a girl, according to Independent Online. When he came out to her, she told him she...

Police in Mendocino County now say that two lesbian mothers from Washington state appear to have intentionally driven their SUV off a cliff, killing themselves and their six children, ages 12 to 19. Sarah and Jennifer Hart’s 2003 GMC Yukon XL was found last Monday in the Pacific Ocean. The moms and three of their children were found inside, while the other three children are missing and presumed to have died in the crash. The car went over the edge of...

Perez Hilton has said he won’t send his son to dance classes because it would mean a 50 percent chance he would “end up being gay.” In a YouTube video on his channel, the TV personality, who is openly gay, also said he would rather his five-year-old son – as well as his two daughters – were straight and cisgender. Hilton explained: “This is all stemming from me saying on podcast that I wouldn’t put my son into dance class...

A couple days ago, I posted an article explaining that gay marriage is not the anti-thesis of marriage (as one internet troll announced). In that post, I also shared some wonderful posts celebrating gay marriage, gay love, and gay parenting. That said, I realized that there is always room for more posts focusing on these topics, so that’s what this post is trying to do. But what’s better than just talking about how gay parents are great? Showing you. And thanks...

All kids deserve fairy tales In Promised Land, a children’s book written by Chaz Harris and Adam Reynolds, a prince and farmer fall in love. It’s a sweet, illustrated story that helps fill the absence of queer representation in children’s literature. And now, for World Book Day in the UK, the whole story — illustrations and all — is available on YouTube. ‘We know there are a lot of people in our community who are still not aware the book exists,’ Harris...

Tony Drewitt-Barlow and husband Barrie made history in the late 90s when they became the first gay men in the UK to father children through surrogacy One of Britain's first gay fathers has been diagnosed with throat cancer and has just 18 months to live, his heartbroken 'ultimate daddies' girl' daughter has revealed. Tony Drewitt-Barlow and husband Barrie made history in the late 90s when they became the first gay men in the UK to father children through surrogacy. Their twins, Saffron...

Jason Babcock and Adam Gentile are the happy couple who just announced that they are adding three more to their quickly growing family. As GayStarNews reports, the two met at a college before getting married in Massachusetts on July 2013. Then, they introduced their newborn son, Tristan, to the world just last year in January. Tristan was brought into their lives thanks to the help of their friend Jessica who agreed to be the surrogate. But Jessica’s generosity didn’t stop there. She...

And they have advice for other men looking to start a family via surrogacy A San Francisco couple are building a following on Instagram with their adorable photos of themselves and their baby daughter. She was born September via surrogacy. The men behind @papaanddaddy are James Loduca, 43 (‘Papa’) and Charlie Smith, 33 (‘daddy’). Charlie is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Several of his films, such as The List Series, have appeared on HBO. James works at Salesforce, a San Francisco-based global technology company....

'We cannot wait to spend the rest of our lives loving you, protecting you, and doing whatever we need to make you happy' Beautiful letters penned by two gay dads to the son that has changed their lives have picked up thousands of likes online. Arejay Encinas and Mauricio Camargo are based in Tuscon, Arizona. They began their journey to parenthood soon after marrying in February 2015. However, it did not prove easy. The first foster agency they signed up to suddenly...

"It's a slice of heaven." Seeing loving families led by queer parents can be an antidote to the hateful rhetoric used against us. And for gay men who dream of becoming fathers, seeing gay couples starting a family of their own can be a real inspiration. Below, we share the stories—and photos—of 16 dads who know what kids need most is love, stability and support. Frank Lowe https://www.instagram.com/p/BWvy40bFlIY/ Frank Lowe blogs about life as a “gay-at-home dad,” and was even interviewed on the Today...

You’ve probably seen the ridiculous Australian anti-same-sex marriage advert by now. You know the one – a mother tells you that her child’s school told him he could wear a dress, and you think: “Oh, that seems reasonable.” Then another throws her hands up in the air about her precious darling having to role play being in a same-sex couple, as if it’s a bad thing to think deeply about different sexualities. And, as a new parody ad suggests, there may be...

Try to get through this list without crying for joy Is there anything more heartwarming than grandparents accepting their LGBTI children for exactly who they are? Gay Star News ran a poll earlier this year to ask LGBTI people if they were out to their living grandparents. Surprisingly, 46% of people said they weren’t out, with 44% saying yes and 10% saying some of them. This means that a majority of people do not feel comfortable enough opening up about their sexuality to...

Joshua and Jeremy live with their kids in Salt Lake City Few would argue that media representation of gay families is lacking. This is despite the fact that a growing number of LGBTI people are having children. One website doing its best to combat this lack of representation is Gays With Kids. A photo it posted to its social media has gone viral and become its most liked posting on Instagram. The photo shows Salt Lake City-based gay dads Joshua and Jeremy,...