By Henry Amador-Batten Many moons ago I caught myself in a moment that felt oddly as natural as it did surreal. I was writing baby shower invitations to celebrate the upcoming birth of my Godson. What should have easily been one of my life’s most joyous moments was casually diluted by the fact that […]
For LGBT families, it’s often hard to find family representation in films, books, TV shows, and, yes, music. That’s why Manuel and Bud Santos created nursery rhymes for their kids that represented their LGBT family, and then decided to professionally produce the songs to share with others. The songs feature gay-dads, single-dad, and two-mom families. […]
Remember Justin Ruehs and Adam Smeets of Chicago? At the beginning of August we shared their story — they’re new dads to triplets, and in an astonishing twist, the children are biologically related to both fathers. The fathers never expected that they would have triplets, and though they saved for their family — feeding, clothing, […]
Cheyenne Jackson, recognized for his roles in American Horror Story, 30 Rock, and Glee, just became a dad with his husband Justin Landau. Over the weekend, the couple had twins and then shared their happy news with their fans on Instagram this week. The dads then shared individual pictures of their children. Here’s daughter Willow. […]
It’s not hard to love Adele. She’s fabulous, a mom, a wonderful singer, and an inspiration to all types of people all over the world. And yet, she gave us another reason to love her. At her concert on Tuesday in Toronto, Adele invited gay dads Jon and Steve on stage to take a selfie […]
Gay dads Justin Ruehs and Adam Smeets of Chicago became fathers for the first time this summer — to triplets, no less! The two fathers chose surrogacy to create their family and in a stunning twist of fate, they both became biological fathers. Embryos with DNA from both dads were implanted into the surrogate and […]
By Alex Temblador Earlier this year, we featured in a Spotlight Series interview two dads, Anthony and Dominic, a loving couple who were going through the adoption process of their son Gabe. They recently finalized the adoption and were so excited that they tweeted a picture of their adoption day to Hillary Clinton whom they support for […]
Matt Dallas (actor from Kyle XY) married his now-husband, Blue Hamilton, last year. Soon after, they adopted a son, Crow, and are now documenting their (adorable and handsome) lives on YouTube. Better yet, they just released an amazing video, “Things That Husbands Do,” that all too perfectly displays what many two-dad families experience. It’s things […]
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 Crystal Lehmann After starting to feel what most couples feel after several years of carefree partying, my brother, Tom, and his husband, Jared, came to me and asked if I was serious about a promise I had made to them years earlier. They had both decided that they were ready to settle down and […]
