On May 19, Henry Amador-Batten was returning from Puerto Rico with his son on a United Airlines flight after visiting his ill father. After de-boarding the plane, Amador-Batten was then detained for an hour and questioned by police officers after a United Airline’s flight attendant accused him of having his hand and arm “too close to […]
A story of a father’s love for his gay son in Australia is warming our hearts. Geoff Thomas is a retired plumber and Vietnam veteran who was raised to be homophobic — that is until his son came out as gay to him 12 years ago. Thomas told Buzzfeed about the process of changing his […]
Father Isaac Irvine learned that his nine-year-old son Bodi had been bullied at school, and decided to sit with him and discuss what happened. Bodi and his twin brother Adin are growing their hair out in the hopes to donate it to kids with cancer. At school, Bodi was made fun of for having long […]
Mattel has done it again — released a wonderful ad that has us smiling! On Sunday, the company shared a video that features dads and daughters playing with Barbies together. At the beginning of the ad, many of the dads explain how they are “a man’s man,” grew up with four brothers, or did “boy […]
Makeup lovers or Youtube fanatics might be aware of Manny Gutierrez. He has over 2 million followers on Youtube and about 3 million on Instagram and his talent recently set him up to be Maybelline’s first male model and face of their Big Shot mascara. In the process of sharing his recent news, an anti-LGBT, “christian […]
It’s no secret that children’s stores and baby stores are marketed mostly to women and moms. For dad, they are often left on the wayside and incorrectly dubbed “babysitters” versus parents. Don Hudson a father of four never liked being called a “babysitter,” so he decided to open Seahorses, a father-focused store to show dads […]
By Alex Temblador Remember this dad below? Ron Alston’s morning mantra with his daughter Aliya went viral in 2016. People couldn’t get enough of this father providing his daughter with powerful messages of self love and confidence each morning. Inspired by that viral video, The Scene brought together seven dads of different races and their […]
By Alex Temblador When it comes to families with LGBT youth, we often find that fathers are the last to know about their children’s sexuality or gender identity. With the prevalence of masculinity in our society, sometimes we assume that dads just aren’t going to accept their LGBT children. But that’s not always the […]
Raising a child is hard work — as anyone knows, but raising a daughter as gay dads 20+ years ago — almost unheard of. The Next Family’s Brandy Black had Kevin Montgomery-Duban, the author of The Family Next Door, speak about what it was like for he and his husband to raise his daughter. Brandy […]
By Alex Temblador The “M” word — miscarriage. It’s a scary ordeal for any prospective parent to face, especially since 10 to 20 pregnancies end in miscarriage. Often, articles and blogs focus on how women deal with miscarriages — whether it be the emotional or physical toll it takes on them and their bodies. However, […]
