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A Gay Dad Draws Protest from the Penguin Play School and Responds

As writers and/or activists enter the public discussions, they tend to adopt a style and way of communicating that works for them. If you are Dan Savage, you devise clever definitions of words based on Known Homophobes, and start amazingly … Continue reading

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A Gay Dad’s Guide to the Men’s Room for Single and Lesbian Moms

I am a fan of blog writer Shannon Ralph.  She recently wrote a piece that hit me right in my dad-spot called  11 Things Only the Parents of Boys Understand.  While my generalizations meter was on high guard as I … Continue reading

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A Gay Dad Sounds Off: Dear Mr. Putin, No Nobel Prize for Child Abuse

 Vladimir Putin is used to winning.  He is undisputedly a winner from the recent LGBT confrontation-free Olympic Games.  He now has his eyes set on the Ukraine and he has taken control of the internet in Russia.   The biggest snowjob … Continue reading

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A Gay Dad Takes on the Frozen-Hating Mormon Grandmother

Last week a self defined Mormon grandmother named Kathryn Skaggs wrote a blog in an effort to alert the world that the movie Frozen was targeting children with a “gay agenda”.  In a sense, she was not alone in seeing … Continue reading

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A Gay Dad Tells His Eleven-Year Old Sons The Truth About Santa

My sons, who I have had since they were babies, adopted from foster care, are both eleven years old.  They both still believe in Santa Claus. I take full responsibility for this.  One skill , that those of us who … Continue reading

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A Gay Dad Sounds Off on Why the BatKid Is Important

The day did not start off well. My schedule in the morning must work like clockwork. Two boys, ten and eleven years old, but be showered, dressed, breakfasted, lunches packed, and out the door. At the same time, I need … Continue reading

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A Gay Dad Thanks Universal Studio’s CEO for Ending Bill & Ted’s Homophobic Adventure

Universal Studios Hollywood has pulled the plug on the Bill & Ted 2013 Halloween hijinks. Those shenanigans centered around a cliché-ridden, scantily clad “gay” Superman in numerous homophobia-inspiring situations. The show portrayed gay men as sexual predators and vapid hedonists … Continue reading

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A Gay Dad Pulls His Kids out of Private School and into Public, to Celebrate California’s New Transgender Respect Law

I got the news at the beginning of summer. The school my sons had gone to for the past five years was closing. With sadness, I needed to find them a new private school. I checked out the local public … Continue reading

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A Gay Dad’s Open Letter to the International Olympic Committee: Move the Damned Games Already

Two masters of the art come face to face and battle wits, brawn, and skill to win their meet and emerge victorious. While that could be a description of an instance at the Olympic Games, it is really an observation … Continue reading

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The Day I Took My Ten-Year-Old Sons and Eighty-Year-Old Parents to See a Show About Drag Queens

The mix of cultural experiences, generational viewpoints, and age perspectives within a family can be fascinating, intriguing, and sometimes, yes, a little disconcerting. A friend of mine told me that she was a little concerned when her young daughter bounced … Continue reading

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