By Angeline Acain “If you’re gay then how did you and mom have sex?” asks 14-year old Ellie. Although NBC has canceled it’s one-season-run gay dad TV show “The New Normal”. It has already produced a new gay dad comedy starring the boyish Sean Hayes from the hit show “Will & Grace”. According to 429 […]
By Ben Suazo Isn’t it fitting that on a day that we celebrate Dr. King’s life that for a second time we are inaugurating an African-American president in Washington, D.C.? On this historic morning my husband and I were woken up to the loud sounds of pots and pans in the kitchen. Our son […]
By Flavia Francesquini For as long as we have lived in society we have tried to little avail to define Normal. What is and is not considered “the norm” varies immensely depending on who you ask. I went to school with a girl named Daisy. Her younger sister was also named Daisy and neither answered by […]
Rufus Wainwright wrote a song, “Montauk,” for his daughter Viva. According to an interview with Wainwright, Montauk, “could be the first big major song about having two dads on a mainstream level.” Read the full interview with Wainwright in our September-October 2012 issue #84. Below is Wainwright performing “Montauk” for Studio Q from his latest […]
On July 22, 2012, the staff of Gay Parent magazine enjoyed a performance of Alec Mapa’s popular one-man show, Baby Daddy. Left to right Todd Briscoe, Vivian Schepis, Alec Mapa, and Ben Suazo at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City.
If you live in or near the New York City area, a fun event to take your kids during the summer is the Center Families Annual Picnic. Gay Parent magazine had a table at this year’s picnic on June 23, 2012. The event is free and includes face painting, games, crafts, music, magician, puppet show […]
By Ben Suazo Took a walk this afternoon to Tiffany’s to meet my partner David to purchase our wedding bands. For several weeks now I have been feeling anxious about this day but not for the reasons one might immediately assume. Two men walking into Tiffany’s shopping for wedding rings. Would they stare? Maybe […]
By Tony Zimbardi-Le Mons “Tell me again, Papa, who are we visiting in Palm Springs?” Erik asks from the back-seat. “Remember guys, my ex, Terry? We all went Kayaking together when he lived in Long Beach? Well now he lives in Palm Springs.” “Oh yeah,” they respond in unison. It’s early October and Antonio […]
By Henry Amador I can still, so vividly, remember the day I received the photo.. It came via text messaging which I quickly turned around and emailed myself in order get a larger look. I opened the image and looked with a mixture of amazement, fear and disbelief. A few moments later I finally […]
