By David Dodge

Arts & Culture, Parenting

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, Parenting

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 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.

Jul 13

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

Politics, Parenting

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.

Mar 16

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

Politics, Parenting, Gays With Kids

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

“… the rooster’s crowing, the ducks are quacking,” Raymond said of Hastings, NY. Sounds enchanting! All that’s missing is Julie Andrews spinning in a field nearby.

Nov 25

Nov 25 Signs of Gay Life Near Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma

Greg and Kenny have had a surprisingly welcoming reception from their military community in Altus, OK

Nov 17

Nov 17 The Llamas and the Papas

It’s a romantic notion: trading in your urban home for an 18th century farmhouse. But Andrew realizes they may have acted a bit impulsively.

Oct 30

Oct 30 Hippie Hal: The Three-Peat Known Sperm Donor, Part II

Part II of an article feautring "Hippie Hal" and his "wives"

Oct 26

Oct 26 Hippie Hal: The Three-Peat Known Sperm Donor

Hal Offen blazed a trail of sorts in the world of known sperm donation... three times over.

Jul 22

Jul 22 Putting the 'Known' in Known Sperm Donor

"Did your childhood ever feel overly complicated?" I asked Flannery, who has two moms and a known donor.

Jul 15

Jul 15 The Gay Mormon Known Sperm Donor from Utah

I’ve had a lifetime to prepare my responses to the gay Mormon line of questioning, but I often find myself at a loss as to how to answer much of what’s posed to me about my known donor arrangement with Tori and Kelly.

Jul 8

Jul 8 The No Longer Reluctant Sperm Donor

As someone with the parental instincts of a fire hydrant, it was hard for me to understand why anyone would voluntarily put themselves through IVF, such an expensive and emotionally exhaustive process.

Jul 1

Jul 1 The Biological Grandparent Trap

Being the type of people they are, my parents readily gave their consent when I finally worked up the nerve to broach the subject of sperm donation. “Of course!” my father exclaimed loudly. “I’m supportive of anything that eases the ability of the L.G.B.T. community to have children,” he added, like a politician giving an official statement on the matter.

Jun 24

Jun 24 Sperm Donation Puts a New Layer on an Old Friendship

“So just blow up an air mattress for me!” I declared over another of our meals. “I’m moving in!” Tori’s eyes, already of Disney-character proportions, nearly popped out of her head.

Jun 17

Jun 17 At the Cutting Edge of Gay Family Law

I was always planning to relinquish my parental rights. According to Judge Torres, though, I never had those rights to begin with.

Jun 10

Jun 10 Who's Your Mommy? We Don't Know - Yet

Where else, besides bad daytime television, have you ever heard of doubts surrounding the maternity of a child?

May 29

May 29 The Known Sperm Donor