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The last time we left off with Charlie and Mike, they'd taken the first steps and chosen Choice...
Blogger Damian and his partner Andrew decided early on in their family planning journey that...
Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of ongoing posts exploring issues related to...
Sharp turns in life can rock you. Unspeakable pain and heartbreak can make us feel like we are...
Ready to be enamored and exhausted? Meet Papá, Daddy, and their three lovable boys. This typical...
Adoption was always the first choice for Joe Motowidlak and husband Roberto Martinez when it...
Keegan Shoutz and Paul Schroepfer met at college in 2010, when marriage equality wasn't legal in...
Guest post written by Christopher & Jonathan Arteza-AcostaWhen my husband and I started dating...
Eight years ago, Billy and Joseph Saponaro, 31 and 33 years old respectively, met on a dating...
Editor's Note: Below is an essay by Jay Bostick who eloquently lays out many of the reasons why...
Guest post written by Kevin Saunders.
Ryan and Brandon Bolton met in a bar in Chicago in early 2012. Brandon, a professional hair and...
Picture this: Valentine's Day 2015, Adam and Josh Klocke were among 24 other couples ice skating...
Tim and Darran met online in December 2015. They met for a drink on December 18, and by New...
After four long years on an adoption waitlist, Andre Barros wasn't sure if he'd ever become a...
Every gay man who pursues fatherhood fights for their right to become a dad. They've had to keep...
Fostering has changed the lives of many dads in the Gays With Kids community. Sometimes the...
This is our adoption story.
These gay dads own a successful French-inspired bakery and restaurant located in historic...
Being your children's most enthusiastic and loving cheerleader is one of the most important...
Brian Leonelli-Blain first saw Carter in the middle of 2015 when he was looking on Connecticut's...
Nestled in the sand on a beach in Maui, newlyweds Mike and Charlie Erwin began to discuss the...
"It has changed drastically in the most inspiring and positive way," replied Taylor McGregor,...
"It's definitely something I always saw myself being, was a dad," Mike told us during Family...
"It's very obvious looking at our family that we're a little bit different," Earl told Gays With...
Darren English, a 35-year-old gay man, recently penned an essay for Gay Star News about his...
Seven years ago, in a bar in New Orleans, Clayton Shelvin and Andy Forester met for the very...
Nick Bryan and Sean McGuire, who live in Columbus, Ohio, have suffered heartache that no parent...
Justin and Matthew live in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and have been together for 11 years. They...
Anthony and Joselito met in 2010, after separately attending a Lady Gaga concert. Their...
"Our adoption journey was not easy by any means," began Danny. "We waited 16 months before being...
As gay dads, we all have our stories about how we became parents, whether it was through...
So you finally upgraded to Daddy Dad status and have a little one (maybe more) ruling over the...
Policeman Jorge Vázquez Ramos and nurse Joel Andrades Rivera were married in August 2015...
Dustin and Yaser met at their condominium pool 6 and a half years ago. Dustin was new to the...
Tremaine Maebry and Roland Locher met several years before they began their relationship. Their...
Portland husbands, Biff Chaplow and Trystan Reese, have three children: two adopted kids, Riley...
Jamie and his fiancé Tom, together 16 years, are two UK dads who share their lives as adoptive...
Stephane and Simon had been living in inner London for 20 years when they began to tire of the...
It's that time of the year when families are doing their annual photo shoot, and in some cases,...
Some gay men know from a young age they want to become a father one day. For others, the...
Remember the photo that went viral of a deliciously cute baby, arms stretched above his head,...
Hi there, faithful friends and family. It has been a year since we walked out of that courtroom,...
Bradley and Erik live in Honolulu, Hawaii with their son, Aiden. The couple have been together...
Scott and Mike have been together since 2009 when a mutual friend invited them both to play...
You are a woman. You work in a factory for pennies. You live in a shack with no electricity or...
Heroism comes in all shapes and sizes, and often when you least expect it.
David Michener, for...
Seattle dads Richard and Brian met while playing rugby in San Francisco. They married on May 9,...
Adoption is a blessing. But it's never a sure thing until the very end.
As an adoptive family,...
Husbands Rob and Zack finalized the adoption of their son Asher on March 3, 2017. For the two...
Mitch and Jake live in Asheville, North Carolina, a small city affectionately nicknamed, "the...
This past October, my husband Douglas and I began talking seriously about having another child....
Within an hour of meeting one another and chatting, two young men realized they shared a dream:...
Stephen and Kyle, together 16 years, have always wanted to be dads. The two met working at...
Many stories of gay men creating their families follow a predictable path: two men fall in love,...
This is the second article in our series to help prepare gay dads-to-be for their first few...
Danni Michaeli, a psychiatrist by training, is rarely at a loss for words. But they seemed to...
The president of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, vetoed the country’s new same-sex adoption law on...
The year 2012 was a banner year for Burnz Fernandez. He was a new dad, in a relationship, had...
Raymond Moya hopes you’ll take his story as a cautionary tale.
Alex Costa and David Novak both wanted to have children. But the two men ran up against an...
Clint McCormack recalls a time when he and his partner Bryan Reamer did whatever they wanted,...
Gabriel Blau (right in photo above) is the executive director of the Family Equality Council, a...
How three unexpected adoptions changed the bonds of blood
At A Glance
Any parent’s worst nightmare, and it hit us like a ton of bricks: someone in our circle of...
