Tag: gay dads

The commercial's diversity has stirred many customers to call for a boycott. It’s turkey lurkey time for Tesco. As part of its #EveryonesWelcome campaign, the British supermarket chain’s new holiday ad prominently features a gay couple. Called “Turkey, Every Which Way,” the commercial shows a variety of families preparing a festive dinner, including two men with a baby. Looking through the oven door at their cooking bird, one man asks his partner, “You did take the giblets out?” But it’s pretty clear...

'It sounds very cliche, but it feels like our lives have started over' Gay dads Matt DeLeva and Joseph Littlefield always knew they wanted to be parents. In fact, they even spoke about it on their first date. Fast forward three and a half years and it’s finally a reality, but it hasn’t been the smoothest journey. The adorable pair met at a Pride event held at the San Diego Zoo, but they both live in Los Angeles. They got engaged and then...

Looking for a cute or terrifying makeover? Gay dads win everytime! It’s that time of the year again… whether trick and treating, pumpkin picking or just dressing up for the hell of it, gay dads show us some of their family fun. Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka shared their annual Halloween image to Instagram (above) – check out more below. 2. Little monsters! https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba1leBWDCBT/ Dads Chris and Chris Palmarozza with triplets Connor, Logan and Parker. The little ones enjoyed their first Halloweed...

"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...

"To watch these kids grow in our home is such a reward," say Jai and Ian Gilyard-Schnaitman. Since tying the knot in 2015, Jai and Ian Gilyard-Schnaitman have welcomed a total of nine foster kids into their lives. And on September 5, the Michigan couple finalized the paperwork to adopt one, 6-year-old Phoenix. “The adoption process was 15 months of ups and downs,” Ian, 37, tells NewNowNext, “but we were lucky enough to have a supportive team around us to help...

Gay dads beam with pride over their darling child, in a heartwarming new ad that shines a spotlight on a variety of different families. The commercial, from Renew Life Probiotics, is a celebration of the challenging, yet rewarding job of being a parent. "This whole parenting thing takes guts. "Giving birth takes guts. "Adopting takes guts." Watch the touching clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_JGNGOomjE

“The policies that we’re seeing that are still in place continue to be gendered, and that’s really problematic.” While American businesses have made strides in improving parental-leave policies, many still reinforce the stereotype that parenting is woman’s work. That can leave gay men in dire straits if they decide to start a family. Many gay dads are forced to use workarounds—like saving up sick time and vacation days, using unpaid time off—to care for a new baby. Surrogacy and adoption, the...

Spokesperson confirms dads not in shortened version of the ad, but says it's not because of the backlash A gay family will no longer appear in a new shorter advertisement for McCain chips after hateful social media backlash. The gay couple, Lee and Mat Samuels-Camozzi, said they’ve been called perverts, ‘sick’ and pedophiles. They featured on the ad campaign, along with their 20-month-old son Carter. For a cameo of about two seconds, the family have dinner as Lee kisses Mat on the cheek,...

McCain Oven Chips has hit back at homophobic haters after featuring a gay couple in their ad. Two gay dads have faced a torrent of online abuse after they appeared on an advert with their baby. Lee and Mat Samuels-Camozzi were subject to a number of horrific slurs on social media after appearing in the McCain chips advert with their young son Carter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ9fjN1az9g People compared the two to paedophiles, labelled them as sick and accused them of neglecting their 19-month-old son Carter...

Gay dads appear in a sweet, inclusive new advertisement that celebrates parenting and families of all sorts. Manchester couple Lee and Mat Samuels-Camozzi feature in a new clip for McCain chips. But in the little time since the ad has been released, they've already been compared to pedophiles, and have been ridiculed for denying their son a mother. Lee, a 35-year-old customer relations manager, tells the Daily Record: “We’ve had dozens of hateful comments. “One of the most hurtful compared us to perverts, saying...

It’s been announced that ABC has greenlit the production of a new comedy. The series will be a merging of multiple groups such as the LGBTQ community, the South, and the Latin-American community. The story will be about a Tejano, a Mexican-American living in Southern Texas, who moves back to be with his family. But the thing is, he moves back with a husband and baby. This family story will be both something we’ve all seen before (meaning a "modern family"...

There are few greater gifts someone can give another human being than the gift of life. One woman did just that for two gay dads-to-be on the opposite side of the world. Angie from Ontario, Canada met French couple Sam and John through Canadian Fertility Consulting, Metro reports. You may ask why the men decided to have a baby with a surrogate mother almost 4,000 miles away rather than someone closer to home. https://www.instagram.com/p/BXssPyMlttl/ In France, all forms of surrogacy have been illegal since...

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,...

In a recent Proctor and Gamble campaign for Luv’s diapers, the ad features two gay dads. The dads are going in for their first kids hair cut. They are excited and nervous and ask all the questions helicopter parents would. The barber is clearly frustrated, adding an element of humor to the campaign. The video ends with a surprise as it evolves into their second kid and how most parents usually are more relaxed. This isn't the first time P&G...