About That Time Jim Obergefell Wrote My Gay Son a Note
When my (then) 12-year-old son told me he was gay, I was shocked by my reaction. As someone who has always claimed to be a staunch ally to countless LGBTQ+ friends and a fierce, lifelong [...]
This Michigan Couple Is Ready to Open Their Home and Hearts to LGBTQ+ Teens in Need
Longtime LGBTQ+ allies and parents Gary and Sheila Bigelow are ready to open their home to a local teen in need of stable housing. It’s been a long journey for the pair. In the '90s, [...]
He Became Known as the ‘Pregnant Man.’ Now Trystan Reese Tells His Story About Trans Pregnancy.
Once upon a time, two men fell in love. By the next day, they were parenting two toddlers. OK, it wasn't the next day. But Trystan Reese, now 38, and his husband Biff Chaplow, now [...]
I’m a White Cisgendered Straight Woman. ‘Pose’ Gave Me My History.
There’s a scene during the first season of FX’s “Pose” in which Blanca, one of the show’s trans female protagonists, gets kicked out of a bar with her friend Lulu, who says, “This shit runs [...]
Guncle to Guncle: Author Steven Rowley and Pride Source’s Editorial Director on the Glories of Gunclehood
I read Steven Rowley’s third novel “The Guncle” with my 8-year-old niece in mind. After all, his book makes a case for how parenting extends beyond a child’s actual parents. Uncles, aunts, friends, grandma, grandpa, [...]
These Portraits of (Literal) Gay Daddies Will Brighten Your Day
In an ode to gay fatherhood, photographer Bart Heynen gifts intimate, cute and loving portraits of more than 40 families in his photography book “Dads.” “So, I’m a gay father myself,” says Heynen. “I found [...]