By David Dodge

Apr 26

Apr 26 The Child Averse Sperm Donor

“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

David Dodge

Arts & Culture, Travel

“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

David Dodge

Parenting, NYTimes Sperm Donor Diary

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

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.

Apr 1

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

David Dodge

NYTimes Sperm Donor Diary, Parenting

“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 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.

May 15

May 15 The Equality Act Turns 40

David Dodge

Politics

In a year when we’ve seen the first openly gay player drafted to the NFL and same-sex marriage bans are falling across the country on a weekly basis — we still lack federal anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people.

Feb 2

Feb 2 The Right's New Same-Sex Marriage Messaging: Why They Lost in 2012

David Dodge

Politics

A study conducted with data collected by Vote for Equality (VFE) showed that a remarkable 15 percent of all voters became less supportive of marriage equality after viewing the ad, including a whopping 26 percent of all undecided voters.