Hot on the heels of new research findings about lesbian moms comes a study just in time for Father’s Day about gay dads and their transition to parenthood. The fathers, the study finds, “are in many ways very similar to parents from different family structures in their transition to parenthood.” Like others, they experience “economic […]
A very happy Father’s Day to the few but loyal dads who read this blog, as well as to the lesbian moms who claim this day as their own. A happy day, too, to my own father, who this year battled cancer for the third time and still managed to find time to tell superhero
Even mainstream media seems to be paying attention to gay dads this week: MSNBC’s Mike Stuckey spoke with two Seattle men who have three sons, Zach, Zayn, and Zeth, who [despite growing up to hate alphabetical order] are doing much better than they were with their “substance-abusing and incarcerated biological parents.” The judge who granted
A follow up to my earlier post on TiVo and Focus on the Family: Both the Family Equality Council and Box Turtle Bulletin are asking people to submit entries about super LGBT dads to the FOF contest and then to send them copies of the entries, which FOF is screening out. (I’m assuming the same
[Updated with new information: 4:05 p.m.] Love your Tivo? Then tell them to stop working with with ultra-conservative group Focus on the Family (FOF). Yes, that’s right: FOF has partnered with Tivo to bring FOF members special offers. FOF is also holding a Father’s Day “SuperDad” essay contest (http://www.family.org/fathersday/) with Tivo boxes and service as
