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We greatly appreciate you following and engaging with our page, by liking, commenting on, and sharing our posts. Gay Parent Magazine is a digital publication featuring supportive personal stories of LGBTQ parents from across the country. Parents speak candidly about their experiences with international and domestic adoption, foster care, donor insemination, using a surrogate, coming out after bein

g in a straight marriage, and what it is like to raise their children in their part of the country. Gay Parent Magazine - New York focuses on LGBTQ families in the New York tristate area (NY, NJ and CT). Please keep comments constructive and relevant to the post. Digressions including attacks against LGBTQ people, personal attacks, hateful language, profanity, and unsubstantiated claims may cause a comment to be removed.

06/19/2025

Right To Be celebrates Juneteenth as a day to honor Black liberation, center Black joy, and continue the fight for collective freedom.

As we reflect on this powerful history, we uplift organizations that are creating lasting change at the intersections of race, gender, and identity. Consider supporting these Black-led powerhouses:

• 1M4 – Mobilizing Black moms to end police violence and protect Black lives
• Color Of Change – Driving racial justice through media, policy, and tech
• Intersectional Environmentalist– Centering climate justice and racial equity
• National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) – Advancing Black LGBTQ+ civil rights and leadership

💛 This Juneteenth, let’s celebrate joy, amplify Black leadership, and invest in liberation.

Life isn't a Disney fairy tale, but I’m all about shattering those glass slippers anyways. There will be spilled sauce, ...
06/19/2025

Life isn't a Disney fairy tale, but I’m all about shattering those glass slippers anyways. There will be spilled sauce, picky eating phases, and disagreements. But amidst the mess, there's the magic – the magic of connection, the magic of learning, and the magic of raising a kind and compassionate human. So, let's grab a fork, pull up a chair, and continue creating our own "Meatball Magic," one delicious, heart-warming conversation at a time.

Just over three years ago, a new Tuesday ritual began with my son, Trey, now age five. After school pick-up, we'd head across the parking lot, not to any ordinary place, but to his self-proclaimed "Meatball House" – a delightful coal-fired pizza joint. What started as a desire to teach him manners, especially towards women, has grown into something far more incredible. Learn more in the article Meatball Magic: Mixing up Kindness and Acceptance one Date at a Time by Amy Murphy in the free May-June issue of Gay Parent Magazine available here: https://bit.ly/43Vi06k

Find more family stories, and LGBTQ friendly resources for building and nurturing your family on our website www.gayparentmag.com

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Today we honor dads like Nathan from California.“When SJ was a baby, I created an email account for him and started writ...
06/16/2025

Today we honor dads like Nathan from California.

“When SJ was a baby, I created an email account for him and started writing letters to the address. I would share my thoughts and feelings on a particular event in his life, or just talk about how much I love him, how much I appreciate him, and how in awe I felt as I watched him grow. Every email closed with my signature, ‘Love, Daddy’.”

The ‘Love, Daddy’ YouTube series is an extension of these emails and letters. In each episode, Nathan shares his thoughts with his son SJ, telling the boy’s story through his dad’s eyes.”

There’s a dad in California who is writing a love letter to his young son – one YouTube video at a time. While his son is the intended audience, this dad hopes the story of their family inspires others, particularly those in the LGBTQ+ community. Read more in the free May-June issue of Gay Parent Magazine available here: https://bit.ly/43Vi06k or tap the link in our profile.

To learn more about Nathan and his family, check out his YouTube series, https://bit.ly/4bgU3bn or https://www.youtube.com/

Find more family stories, and LGBTQ friendly resources for building and nurturing your family on our website www.gayparentmag.com

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This Saturday, over 1,800 protests are set to take place nationwide as part of the NOKINGS Day of Resistance. The demons...
06/13/2025

This Saturday, over 1,800 protests are set to take place nationwide as part of the NOKINGS Day of Resistance. The demonstrations coincide with Flag Day and a lavish military parade in Washington, D.C., celebrating President Trump’s birthday—at an estimated taxpayer cost of $45 million.

Meanwhile, mass firings at the VA have pushed the number of terminated employees to 2,400, many of whom were veterans or military spouses. A leaked internal memo from March 4 revealed Secretary Collins’ plan to cut up to 83,000 VA staff by September—including roughly 20,000 veterans.

Find protest locations and ways to get involved at: https://www.nokings.org/

On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.

Issa M. Mas describes herself as a “born and bred New Yorker who grew up in Hell’s Kitchen Manhattan.” In fact, she shar...
06/11/2025

Issa M. Mas describes herself as a “born and bred New Yorker who grew up in Hell’s Kitchen Manhattan.” In fact, she shared that she still lives in the exact same building that she’s lived in since she was ten years old, and she’s fifty-one now. Issa is a single mother and has a son named Theo who is seventeen years old. Issa also identifies as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community as a pansexual woman. She explained “I’ve been attracted to both masculine and feminine people my whole life, and I don’t think there was a time when I didn’t know that I was q***r. I don’t have a ‘coming out story’ per se, instead, I let people know as I meet them that I am q***r. It’s a continual "coming out," I guess one might say.

NYC single mom and writer, Issa M. Mas won an award for her writing from NYC's mayor when she was age 7. As an adult she says that Buddhism helped when her dad passed and it also helped with her writing. Learn more in the article Author and single parent, Issa M. Mas by Deadra Albrecht-Frasch in the free May-June issue of Gay Parent Magazine available here: https://bit.ly/43Vi06k

Find more family stories, and LGBTQ friendly resources for building and nurturing your family on our website www.gayparentmag.com

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Join us for an upcoming LGBTQ+ Meet & Greet at Alta Vista School in San Francisco — a welcoming space to connect, celebr...
06/09/2025

Join us for an upcoming LGBTQ+ Meet & Greet at Alta Vista School in San Francisco — a welcoming space to connect, celebrate, and build community with faculty, staff, and current families.
Date: Tuesday, June 10th at 5:30 pm
Location: Alta Vista Lower School(450 Somerset Street in San Francisco)
Register now — link in bio! https://forms.gle/NRtWUPLfhvsN9CZw5
We can’t wait to see you there!

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Gay Parent Magazine is a publication featuring stories of LGBTQ parents and adult children of LGBTQ parents from across the country. The latest is our July-August 2020 issue #131.

Gay Parent Magazine - New York 2020-2021 issue #18 focuses on LGBTQ families in the New York tristate area (NY, NJ and CT). In our current New York annual we feature Ithaca resident, Moshé Alpert-Eschbach (as a child in the photo above seated on the far left). Alpert-Eschbach describes his upbringing by Jewish le****ns as 'fabulous.'

In each issue of Gay Parent Magazine and Gay Parent Magazine - New York, parents speak candidly about their experiences with adoption, foster care, donor insemination, using a surrogate, coming out after being in a straight marriage, divorce, and what it is like to raise their children in their part of the world. Gay Parent Magazine has supported and empowered LGBTQ parents and their children since 1998.

Get a free copy of both our current Gay Parent Magazine and Gay Parent Magazine - New York, order back issues, or a subscription at https://www.gayparentmag.com.