Gay Dads
Inspiring portraits of gay men and their families from all across America.\ An evolution has quietly been occurring in the world of parenting. Recent surveys reveal that millions of children have found loving homes either by being born to, or adopted by, gay men. This book is a celebration of these remarkable new families.\ Gay Dads includes twenty-five personal accounts from men describing their unique journeys to fatherhood and the struggles and successes they have experienced as they raise...
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Inspiring portraits of gay men and their families from all across America. An evolution has quietly been occurring in the world of parenting. Recent surveys reveal that millions of children have found loving homes either by being born to, or adopted by, gay men. This book is a celebration of these remarkable new families. Gay Dads includes twenty-five personal accounts from men describing their unique journeys to fatherhood and the struggles and successes they have experienced as they raise their children. This is the first book to provide such an expansive exploration of this extraordinary new family unit. With beautiful black-and-white photographs of each of the families, Gay Dads is a moving tribute to familial love.
Introduction: Gay Dads: A New Phenomenon in the American Family1Naysayers, False Starts, and Works of Art8Even Better Than They Planned18Beating Murphy's Law29The People Who Didn't Give Up38Safely Home47A Surrogate's Gift56Ordinary People67A Fatherhood Not by Design77The Fost-Adopt Revolution87Unmistakably a Family97Grandpa Eddie106Patience115Daddy's Embrace124Love, Equal and Shared133Growing Pains142Positive Signs152A Winning Fight161Three's Company171Asking the Right Questions182Worth the Risk192Open to the Possibilities201The Network211Dream On220The New American Family230Fathers and Their Families: Who's Who in the Photographs243Glossary247Resources253The Cost of Creating a Family: Estimates in 2002 Dollars267About the Authors269
