By David Dodge

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

David Dodge

Gays With Kids, Parenting

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

David Dodge

Gays With Kids, Parenting

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

David Dodge

Politics

“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

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

David Dodge

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 22

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

David Dodge

Gays With Kids

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

David Dodge

Gays With Kids, Parenting

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

David Dodge

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.

Jul 6

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

David Dodge

Politics

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.

Mar 16

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

David Dodge

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

David Dodge

Gays With Kids, Parenting

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

David Dodge

Gays With Kids, Parenting

“… 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

David Dodge

Gays With Kids, Parenting

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

David Dodge

Gays With Kids, Parenting

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

David Dodge

Gays With Kids, Parenting

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

Oct 26

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

David Dodge

Gays With Kids, Parenting

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

David Dodge

NYTimes Sperm Donor Diary, Parenting

"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

David Dodge

NYTimes Sperm Donor Diary, Parenting

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

David Dodge

NYTimes Sperm Donor Diary, Parenting

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.