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Recently Dadsquared  received a question from someone who noticed that a straight co-worker, with whom he and his partner had been socially friendly, changed his Facebook profile photo to reflect his opposition to gay marriage. Changed on the very same day that it seemed like most of America was changing their's to the HRC red in one form or another. When he asked the co-worker about the change, the co-worker referred to it as a " difference of opinion. " Many people responded quite thoughtfully to this post. Some counseled the guy to hit the delete button, others encouraged tolerance. Lots of good points but I think we’re missing a valuable opportunity here with either answer.  If someone has a difference of opinion from me on anything from abortion, to gay marriage, to race and they just stay home and grumble about it, well, I couldn’t care less. But the co-worker in this story is DOING something. Okay, so a single Facebook pr...

So community is a word we use often here at  Dadsquared . It is how we began, as a community for men like me finding ourselves in varying degrees of being or becoming fathers, gay fathers. Community is what has shown itself time and time again as hands have been extended, ideas have been exchanged and dreams have come true. Community it what I feel each and every time I log on to Dadsquared  and find new friendships forged, see pictures of new babies born or hear of everyday acts of heroism. Within our community live the fiercest of warriors and the gentlest of souls. A community is what we have created and happily it has grown to include some of our amazing sisters in arms. Mothers, sisters, daughters and friends. If you know anything about me you know that I am a momma's boy at heart, forever and always. So its seems, not so ironically natural , that our first contributing blogger be none other than lesbian mother and activist, Alison Aucoin ...

Here is a request from our friends at Natural Child World , the national magazine that looks at modern parenting from all angles. For their upcoming "Dad" issue, they have a unique, irreverent, sometimes controversial survey that asks modern dads what they really think about sex and parenting ( and how much, if at all, the two go together! ) They would love to partner with Dadsquared readers to help promote the survey. This is also a chance for modern dad's (like us) to tell them what we really think. It's a totally anonymous 25 question survey, all multiple choice answers. It will be live from March 26 to April 1st. AND every dad who fills out the survey will enter for a chance to win Apple TV. To be entered for the prize just go to the Natural Child World FaceBook Page and post that you completed it. Here is the FB link: Natural Child World FB And here is the link to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BYNCKHL I...

Many of you have been asking for some information on what exactly is happening in India regarding Surrogacy and Gay's both single and coupled. As mysterious and confusing as the Country seems is as mysterious as some of the information being fed to us on this topic. You may recall I recently did an interview with Rudy Rupak, CEO and Co-Founder of  Surrogaycy  and  PlanetHospital . That interview was just before the Gay Surrogacy bubble popped in India and I thought I would reach out to Rudy to shed some light on the subject. I asked him just what was happening in India? What was the status on couples already working with surrogates in India? And finally, where could we turn now? The following was his response. "It had been rumored for many years but we never thought it would happen that surrogacy for single parent and same sex couples in India would be banned, however it’s true and it is now illegal.  The clinics who were ...

DADsquared George, to begin with... I thank you for this opportunity and your time, I'm truly honored. George Arthur Bloom I'm grateful that you want to help get this wonderful story out. DS Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself? G.A.B. I've been a freelance writer for the past 40 years.  Before that I worked for MCA/Universal Studios in a production capacity, and subsequently went on to work for a company called AIP.  We made low budget, exploitation movies like Vincent Price horror movies, Hells Angel motorcycle movies and Beach Blanket Bingo.  After that I chose to move to the other side of the desk and began to write for a living.  I sold a few screenplays and did episodic television.  I got into children’s television in 1980 and have over 300 writing credits.  I developed and wrote the My Little Pony series and Movie, and wrote the first 4 episodes of Transformers.  In...

Okay, so remember when you were little, watching the television or listening to music? Do you remember when it may have dawned on you that you did not necessarily see or hear yourself represented? So may be you don't... but those early childhood memories, although not always vivid, certainly silently sank in and helped to define us as adults. For many Gay and Lesbian adults today, we never saw other people like us on the television, and we certainly never heard our lives serenaded in the form of lyrics ( today's GLBT youths are growing up in a different world, thank goodness! ) But what about our children? What are they hearing ? What songs are they being sung ? What are they themselves  singing ? What is silently sinking in and helping to define them as adults? Cue Intro..... That's where Suzi Nash comes in. Producer, Suzi Nash DADsquared Who is Suzi Nash? Suzi Nash Suzi Nash is a left handed, ...

So I recently shared this image on my FaceBook Page  DADsquared . I can not begin to tell you what a HIT it has been. Now don't get me wrong, I personally think I am hysterical, and most of the original material I supply regularly is nothing shy of brilliant, :) But this image took the cake... and ate it up! I thought it only fitting to share it with my readers here also. Enjoy! Namaste Follow us on FaceBook @  DADsquared