Whatever happens at the Supreme Court, one thing is certain: Avery Rolón’s queer education is something we can all feel good about. SCOTUS will soon decide whether Catholic adoption groups have the right to turn away same-sex couples, and Barrett - who is against same-sex marriage - could be a critical vote in that case. With the potential confirmation of conservative Amy Coney Barrett judge to the Supreme Court, the rights of same-sex parents are on shaky ground. Perhaps without knowing it, Rolón hit on a humorous way of spreading awareness about queer parenthood in a moment where the rights of those parents could easily be threatened. In Texas and several other conservative states, there are still legal loopholes that privilege religious beliefs over the rights of LGBTQ+ parents. was awarded damages after his sample was used to help 11 families conceive children, some of whom were same-sex families.Įven in this country, many regressive laws banning same-sex adoption - such as those in Florida and Texas - have only been overturned in the last decade. Just this week, news broke that a sperm donor in the U.K.
The latter commenter hits on a paradox: Despite a rise in same-sex adoptions and non-traditional parenting configurations, stigma against LGBTQ+ parents is still alive and well, especially when it comes to single gay fathers. “Although this question provides a teachable moment,” wrote one user, “it is still sad that people are asking this question in this day and age.” Some lamented that people are so close-minded in 2020. My oldest son was only a year old when my dad came out, but I worried pretty much immediately. Not all responses were as lighthearted, however. A DAD has been arrested after he allegedly shot dead his teenage son after finding out he was gay, police said. Daughter of gay man officiates his wedding to another man.
“He said Bey? I stan,” wrote one commenter, “TASTE. Download and use 4,106+ Gay abuse stock videos for free. The short clip has garnered 45,000 likes and nearly a thousand comments, with many commenters simply weighing in to discuss their favorite diva (Janet, Whitney, or Mariah?) and to applaud Rolón for his parenting skills.
His favorite milk? Harvey, of course! He even knows how to say “yes” in gay: Yaaaassss kween. So regardless of whether you have the same faith or not, it’s uplifting to hear this dad’s kind words in one of the most important moments of their lives.Avery went on to prove that he had aced his queer education. My parents were divorced so I had to essentially come out twice. Kids were getting kicked out of the home, being threatened with bodily harm (in some cases death), and those were from the parents. We’ve all seen enough movies, heard enough stories or experienced it ourselves to know how harshly parents can react to someone coming out - and how devastating that can be for a child. Justin Biebers father has been joking about the stars penis after naked pictures of him were published. I came out to my parents when I was 14 in the late 80s, which was still a bad (dangerous) time to be gay. The dad then asked his son, “Are you a child of God?” Over time, their relationship becomes estranged, and must face the challenging obstacles all fathers must endure with their adult sons at one point in time: reconnecting. Without hesitation, Swink’s dad, Vaughn Swink, replied: “Are you okay, though?”Īustin says “mhm,” but Vaughn wanted to be clear: “No, but I’m saying worthy wise.”