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Ian Jenkins, Alan Mayfield and Jeremy Hodges are three dads in a polyamorous relationship who...
Dads-to-be Lance Bass and Michael Turchin will be on double-diaper duty this fall.
‘Milkwater,’ an independent movie set to be released digitally on May 21st, is being hailed as a...
Congratulations to actors Kyle Dean Massey and Taylor Frey, who announced they’re expecting their...
Lisa Schuman, the Director of Mental Health Services at Reproductive Medicine Associates of...
Article originally published September 18, 2018 Earlier this year, two first-time gay dads wrote a...
Bent-Einar, who lives in Norway, had always wanted to be a father. He admits that as a single guy,...
If you have ever been out late on a Saturday night, you may have high hopes of meeting a handsome...
Last year, Northwest Surrogacy Center celebrated 25 years of helping parents realize their...
Janno Talu, an accountant, and Matthias Nijs, an art gallery director, were born in different parts...
Let me start off by saying that I have always been pro choice and support all laws that allow...
Travis, 36, and Jay, 29, met nine years ago in a gay bar in Riverside, California. Both work in the...
"I first learned about Men Having Babies while searching the internet for insurances that covered...
New Yorkers David F.M. Vaughn 39, and Brian Becker, 37, are new dads. Over the past three months,...
When Wes and I first met, I made a point of wanting to know if he wanted kids. I use the plural as...
Jamie and Kenny have been all over the world. To be precise, they have traveled to 66 countries. So...
Guest post by Marc and Steve
This article is part of our family feature series with Circle Surrogacy, a surrogacy agency that...
Marc and Steve live in Shropshire, United Kingdom. They have a four-year-old son, and are expecting...
All good love stories start hot. Ours just so happened to, literally. The summer I turned 23,...
Chris Corbett was on holiday in South Africa when Shimon Bobbout first saw him. "I was with a group...
We've shared hundreds, possibly thousands, of stories about GBT men who've become dads through the...
Somewhere deep in the jungle of Facebook groups for would-be parents, I posted my shot in the dark....
Jensy De Los Santos, 30, and Junior Guzman, 29, always had a strong desire to have a family. "We...
Bloomberg Businessweek recently ran a story about Geng Le, a gay man from China's Hebei province...
It was 3:09am on February 7th when my phone rang. This, in and of itself, was strange as my phone...
When Chris was a little boy, he found a magic trick at the bottom of his cereal box and quickly...
On the day his twins' reached a birthday milestone, dad Frank Bua took a moment to reflect on...
When my husband and I decided that we wanted to start a family, we scoured the internet for...
We've had a busy old few months. Talulah recently turned 2 in October, and Katie made the big 14....
Many of us measure our lives in BC and AC stages: Before Children and After Children. And although...
"I've gone to the moon and back for these kids, I'll do anything for them."
As we prepare to launch our next life adventure – a baby food business – we've been taking time to...
Suraj, a 38-year-old software developer living in Birmingham, United Kingdom, met his future...
Written by dads Wim and Dirk.
For those without the financial means, surrogacy can seem like an unattainable dream. But there is...
All of us are dads today because of the women in this world. Whether it be a birth mom who has...
We caught up with Charlie and James during Family Week in P-town to talk about being new dads, the...
"We're from Texas which is very conservative," Greg told Gays With Kids during Family Week at...
When the Independent Adoption Center (IAC) filed for bankruptcy in early 2017, many prospective gay...
After being on an adoption waitlist for two years with no progress, these dads decided to take...
In 2011, Sean Gannon, then a 22-year-old fitness instructor in New York City, was going through...
Going on 17 years together, it seems like a lifetime ago that Martin Aranot-Lopez and Roger Lopez...
These last few years have been crazy, both highs and lows, for my husband Wes and me. We've been...
In 2007, Sebastian and Johnny met through mutual friends at a club in New York City. Sebastian, who...
Malcolm and Rob Pausmith, 36 and 40, respectively, have both always wanted children. Rob had an...
Bret, a New York actor, and Stephen, a Broadway dancer, make up the dynamic duo behind...
When I began writing this piece about Father's Day, I had a think about what my experience as a dad...
Will and Neil Harman are a bi-national gay dad couple living in Fife, Scotland. They have a 2-year...
Like a lot of gay men, Sean and Woodie met at the gym. "Woodie was the class clown," said Sean,...
Grant Gochnauer and Gabriel Fontes de Faria met online in late November 2006 while the two were...
"I never thought I'd be a parent," Tim Wang confessed. "It was just not on the radar." He didn't...
Since having their son on April 1, 2017, we asked first-time dads Hugo Greyling and Joel Abrahamson...
Chris had always admired Charles, who was the older brother of good friend, but only from afar. He...
Terry and Paul met via an online dating site in 2012.
On May 16, 2017, Olivia and Connor decided it was their time to enter the world via an emergency...
Life truly began, Ryan says, on May 16, 2017, when his twins, Connor and Olivia, were born via...
I have already begun to notice a clear distinction between being a dad and being a parent. As a...
Shaun T. and his husband Scott are a little over two months into parenthood, and so far, they're...
For Terrell and Jarius Joseph, March 2016 was one of the most difficult times of their lives. Their...
We are excited to announce that Erik and Adam McEwen, of the popular YouTube channel "McHusbands,"...
Not even a heartbreaking miscarriage could stop Chris and Christopher from becoming parents. Now...
14 years ago, on the eve of Justin's 25th birthday, Allen Gaoiran and Justin Brumfield found...
Nicholas and William Hart met in 2009 at college in Grand Forks, North Dakota. They knew they had...
When Thomas Roberts and David McNatt's third surrogate changed her mind and decided she no longer...
Bevan and Giuseppe first met 18 years ago while on a date. But not with each other. They were on a...
Deke and Joseph met through a blind date. "A true blind date," explained Deke, back before the days...
In March this year, we shared the story of Michael and Wes, their eldest daughter Katie (and...
Joey and Tyler met in Dayton, Ohio, when Joey was working temporarily as a field director for a...
"When I am painting, it's like a different dimension I'm living. Your focus is entirely on what you...
On August 11 this year, French dads Sam and John welcomed their son Valentin via surrogacy.
There was nothing preordained about the first time Farhad and Drew met. Farhad is from Azerbaijan,...
Cheyenne Jackson, best known for his roles on Glee and American Horror Story, has recently taken on...
Anyone else doing double-takes on Instagram lately? We've rounded up some of the most adorable pics...
On June 16, 2017, Tyler and Andy's lives changed forever. They became dads to twins, Emmerich and...
Not long ago, former ATP tennis professional Brian Vahaly met his match.
Tony Chien and Brian Mills live in Roseland, New Jersey with their daughter. The couple met...
John D. Lam and John G.F. Ruggieri (JR) live in Boston, MA with their two sons, Gio and Santino....
For two new Canadian dads, both under 30 years of age, a lot has occurred during the last few years...
Altruistic surrogacy---when a surrogate carries a baby to term for the intended parents without...
Michael, 37, and Wes, 39, met in Birmingham, England, during the summer of 2012. Wes, who was...
Michael, 29, and Jordi, 37, were born over 5000 miles apart. Michael is from South Africa but grew...
Pierre and Bryden celebrate their tenth anniversary this year. Their gift to each other? Fatherhood!
We've published 1,200 stories on Gays With Kids, many of which were written to help gay men become...
Thibault and Anthony were just 20 and 19 years old respectively when they first met at medical...
Brad and Christian met in Denver, Colorado and have been together for over 10 years. They were...
In China, up until 2001, homosexuality was officially classified as a mental disorder. Since then,...
This is the third article in our series to help prepare gay dads-to-be for their first few weeks of...
Justin Ruehs and Adam Smeets tried for two and a half years with three surrogates before finally...
John Riehs is the proud father of two beautiful young children, each of whom was born through...
In 2002, when they were each just 25 years old, Kevin and Jeff met at a local gay bar in...
Exclusively for Gays With Kids, new blogger Jordan Letschert wrote a three-part history (with...
Jordan and Robby became dads on July 7, 2016 with the birth of their son Kellan. This Florida-based...
A same-sex couple from South Africa have become the world’s first couple to have triplets,...
They first met through a mutual friend on Fire Island in the summer of 2002. On a Sunday night,...
Guest blogger Joey Seymour-Ochoa shares about his family's journey to fatherhood.
Meet Michael, 42, and Floyd, 39, with their 10-month-old twins Lauren and Nathan. These two new...
They had met once before, Aaron and Josh, and while they were certainly intrigued with one another,...
Meet gay dads Farid and George, who live with their adorable four-year-old daughter/son twins in...
Fawzy, born in France with an Arabic background and raised in the United Kingdom and other places,...
Meet new dads Mo and Justin who live with their son Brady in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of...
In 2007 Jatin, now 36 years old, moved from London to New York City and it was then that he started...
Andrew and Sherman have been together for seven years and were married in 2011. They have one son,...
Last week the Mexican state of Tabasco outlawed surrogacy for foreign and gay clients, limiting...
We were very fortunate when it came to building our family. The opportunity fell in our lap and...
If you're a gay man interested in surrogacy, then you should watch this video to get an expert...
Saethor is an ex-pat American living in Reykjavik, Iceland, with his husband Agust and their...
This is the story of Baby Love. Baby Love isn’t her real name; it is the name we chose for the...
The x-ray machine conveyor belt ground to a halt as the security guards shouted at each other in...
Gay men who want a child who is genetically related to them typically seek the assistance of two...
This all-new video series provides an excellent overview on the surrogacy landscape. This is a...
"I want to be a father one day," Frank told me on our first date. "I do, too," I said. This is our...
I always knew I wanted children, but the big question was: how could I, being gay?
Today is the launch of our video series offering a glimpse into the lives and homes of gay dad...
Two weeks into parenthood, Michael Barbaro made a list: “15 Things I’ve Learned About Being a Dad.”...
It was the baby photo seen round the world.
When Argentinian-born architect Juan and his partner Patrick welcomed their second, third and...
On Sunday, the Israeli cabinet of Benjamin Netanyahu approved a bill allowing surrogacy for singles...
Being a father isn’t always the easiest thing. I think every dad can attest to that. However, for...
Bob (46) is a technology consultant, and Steve (41) is a university professor. They live in New...
