By David Dodge

“Whose got your nose!” someone was carrying on in falsetto. I was mid-eye-roll before realizing, to my mortification, that it was I who was emitting these horrible noises. It was I who had her nose.

Apr 4

Apr 4 A Misanthropist's Guide to Airbnb: My First Lesson in BDSM

Arts & Culture

“How could you be cynical about humanity and join Airbnb?” It’s a rhetorical question, but in this moment—when nothing but a door separated my mother from my naked guest, and the gallery of hardcore porn he had erected in my living room—I felt I’d found the answer.

Apr 3

Apr 3 Sperm Donation is Full of Euphemisms, and an 11-Year-Old is Full of Questions

Arriving at my scheduled “donation time,” a technician guides me to the “collection room,” points out my various “entertainment options,” and hands me a sterile cup for my “specimen.”

Apr 1

Apr 1 The Cuckoo Bird and the Baby

Wow, what a nasty little bird, I thought. Imagine, tricking someone else into raising your own biological offspring. That’s just so wrong, so… Suddenly it hit me: I’m the cuckoo bird.

Apr 1

Apr 1 A Sperm Donor, Uncertain of What It Is to Be 'Bio-Dad'

“But … I’m so short!” This, unfortunately, will always be the first phrase out of my mouth after my good friends, Tori and Kelly, asked me to be their sperm donor over a pizza dinner in Lower Manhattan.

Mar 28

Mar 28 Until Further Notice, Celebrate Everything

He found this sign on Facebook that said, “Until further notice, celebrate everything,” Danni explained. The saying has become something of a rallying cry for their family and community. “It’s become our brand now.”

Mar 2

Mar 2 Love Conquers Everything

Most fathers have to wait years before hearing their children say, “I love you.” Bryon Denton heard those magic words from his son, Jason, the very first day they met.

Feb 3

Feb 3 Liquid Gold

“Sorry, I like boys!” seems a mismatched response to the question, “Care to save a life?”

Dec 8

Dec 8 Some Gay Dads Just Don't Feel Gay Anymore

Arts & Culture

Move over “Kinky Boots,” there’s a new gay show in town. But unlike the sparkle, glam, and drag we’ve come to expect from most Broadway shows with a queer focus, Peter Parnell’s “DADA WOOF PAPA HOT,” directed by Scott Ellis, gives the theatrical treatment to a newer area of the LGBTQ experience: parenthood.

Nov 12

Nov 12 Better Half the Movie

Arts & Culture

The main tension in the movie centers on a question posed between would-be parents in bedrooms, fertility clinics, and couples therapy sessions all across the country, regardless of sexual orientation: what happens when one of you wants parenthood less?

Oct 22

Oct 22 Busy-Ness: The Start-Up CEO, the L.A. Entertainment Lawyer, and Their Child

Chad and Jason work jobs where logging 12-hour days is the norm. But on top of their jobs, they are also fathers to a 6-year-old boy named Colin. How do they cope?

Oct 19

Oct 19 Out and Proud: Nurse Johnathon and Army Doctor Joshua

When Josh first joined the military, he didn’t think much about the difficulties of serving under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” for one very simple reason: He didn’t didn't know he was gay yet.

Aug 10

Aug 10 Paths to Gay Fatherhood Series

On the occasion of Gays With Kids’ 500th post, I explore some of the available research into the various routes GBT men take to fatherhood, and also take the opportunity to check back in with many of the GBT dads we’ve covered over the last year.

Jul 13

Jul 13 Juan and Tom: Gay Dad Heroes in the Fight for Marriage Equality

It was clear from the beginning that Tom had an activist on his hands. On their very first date, Juan excused himself for a moment to jump onto an organizing conference call.

Jul 6

Jul 6 Tony and Matt: Gay Dads Who Became Leaders in the Fight for Marriage Equality

As time passes, it will be easy to forget that for every victory and setback we’ve experienced in the courts on the way to this victory, there have been actual LGBT people and families at the center of these cases.

Jun 19

Jun 19 How Do Gays Dads Celebrate Father's Day?

Gay Dads share how they plan to celebrate

Mar 16

Mar 16 Do Ask Do Tell: An Interview with a Gay and Out Military Dad

Far from being a source of his problems as a parent, the military has been a large part of Chris Armijo's support system.

Jan 26

Jan 26 Globetrotting Couple Finds a New Adventure in Fatherhood

When the opportunity came to move his family to Honk Kong, Harun said "Sure, let’s do it!” as casually as if he'd been asked to go on an impromptu trip to the movies.

Dec 22

Dec 22 Three Goat for Milking, Two Boys Adopted, and One Gay Farm in Hastings, NY