Molly Shannon may be best known as a hilarious actress whose career launched with a spot on SNL. These days, Shannon’s acting career has been influenced by something quite beautiful — her dad. At a Q & A session about Miles, “a movie about a gay teen’s fight to bridge the gender divide in a […]
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 […]
By Henry Amador-Batten “You’re going to have to come with us sir” was a phrase I had grown accustomed to hearing each and every time I was boarding a flight. This was the late 1980’s and I travelled a lot on business. While mostly from Miami to New York, work often took me to […]
By Henry Amador-Batten There has been much talk recently about “safe places,” especially after the massacre in Orlando. I touched on this topic in a newspaper column I write and the responses I received only served to feed my desire to dive in even deeper. Some people just do not understand how a night club […]
By Henry Amador-Batten Mother’s Day is here again and in thousands and thousands of gay dad households around the country you will find families navigating the idea of “what does this day mean” in their own unique and special ways. In a 2015 cnsnews.com article by David Crary, he quotes Gary Gates, an expert on […]
By: Henry Amador-Batten As I write on this beautiful crisp and sunny March morning, there are two things that I am immediately grateful for, first is the Sun beating on my face though the sitting room window, it’s long overdue and oh so needed and secondly are the sounds of my husband working in the […]
By Henry Amador-Batten I was browsing through the list of children waiting for families on our local agencies adoption site when I happened across his profile. He was five nearly turning six and there was something in his eyes that spoke to me. I can’t tell you what the connection was but it was there […]
By Henry Amador-Batten We just took my son to see Santa yesterday. It was his fifth time sitting on Old Saint Nick’s lap and we were once again surprised by what he asked Santa for. Regardless of ALL the things he asks for leading up to Christmas and Hanukkah, his MO has become to ask […]
By Henry Amador-Batten This is the time of year that writers and bloggers generally love. It’s a joyful and special time that is full of wonder and memories and traditions. It makes for especially warm and receptive articles that touch our readers in those warm and fuzzy holiday ways. It’s also when we get to […]
By Henry Amador-Batten November is National Adoption Month and each year during that month, I as well as countless other adoptive families share their story. We share them to raise awareness for all the thousands of children still without homes of their own lingering in the Foster Care system. We share them to add […]
