By David Dodge

Parenting, NYTimes Sperm Donor Diary

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.

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.”

Feb 3

Feb 3 Liquid Gold

Politics

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

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 22

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

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?

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.

Jul 6

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

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

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.

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