Gay Dads: A Celebration of FatherhoodInspiring 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. |
Contents
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| 8 | |
Even Better Than They Planned | 18 |
Beating Murphys Law | 29 |
The People Who Didnt Give Up | 38 |
Safely Home | 47 |
A Surrogates Gift | 56 |
Ordinary People | 67 |
Love Equal and Shared | 133 |
Growing Pains | 142 |
Positive Signs | 152 |
A Winning Fight | 161 |
Threes Company | 171 |
Asking the Right Questions | 182 |
Worth the Risk | 192 |
Open to the Possibilities | 201 |
A Fatherhood Not by Design | 77 |
The FostAdopt Revolution | 87 |
Unmistakably a Family | 97 |
Grandpa Eddie | 106 |
Patience | 115 |
Daddys Embrace | 124 |
The Network | 211 |
Dream On | 220 |
The New American Family | 230 |
Resources | 253 |
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