Gay father and gay son
Gay Like Me
Being male lover is a token, Jackson writes, but with their gains in jeopardy the gay community must not be complacent.
As Ta-Nehisi Coates awakened us to the continued pervasiveness of racism in America in Between the World and Me, Jackson’s rallying scream in Gay Favor Me is an eye-opening indictment to straight-lash in America. This book is an intimate, personal exploration of our uncertain times and most troubling questions and profound concerns about issues as fundamental as dignity, equality, and justice.
Gay Like Me is a blueprint for our time that bridges the facts gap of what it’s like to be gay in America. This is a cultural manifesto that will remain the test of time. Angry, confident, fierce, tender, it is a dominant letter of affection from a father to a son that holds durable insight for us all.
A portion of the author’s proceeds will be donated to
The Trevor Project.
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"Good Morning America" is featuring stories in celebration of Celebration Month. Scott Takacs, a 46-year-old and father of three, penned a personal essay about his experience coming out as a gay man to his sons. Read about his journey below in his own words.
Coming out at 42
I was 42 years old when I came out to my wife. It was 15 months later that I started that same conversation with my three boys -- 9-year-old twins and an 11-year-old.
The whole experience is somewhat of a blur, mostly in part to the fact that at that point in my being there was a lot of change happening and some significant pent-up emotions. There wasn't much of a plan, no guidebook in hand, only goals that I hoped my boys would start the process of comprehending and accepting their dad for whom I truly was: a gay man.
It had been a long 15 months since coming out to my wife, an experience I unfortunately wouldn't explain as positive, fun or something I ever want to replay. It was wrought with the happiness of finally telling the closest person in my accurate identity, while simultaneously ripping her
Love Across Deep Difference: A Father’s Journey with His Lgbtq+ Son
Tom Shippee and his oldest son, Alex, are loyal Christians. Both together and separately, they’ve been on an in-depth theological journey to explore what it looks enjoy to be a family that disagrees on what constitutes faithful sexuality. In this Q&A, Tom shares his thoughts about what it’s meant to attempt squaring the truths of their lives with their unlike understandings of God’s truth as revealed in the Bible.
Note: This is the first of a series. Linger tuned for subsequent questions and responses with Tom.
How would you characterize your own theological position, and that of your son? What labels, if any, do you use?
To be honest, both of us resist labels because they are completely inadequate within the nuanced reality of who we are as human beings. I strongly hold to a traditional, or what is sometimes called the Side B, sexual ethic. That means that genital sexual attachment is reserved for a covenantal marriage between one gentleman and one gal. Alex has chosen to date men with the intent of entering into a long-term intimate covenantal relationship with a single male. So, I assume that puts him
Father opens up about coming out to his 3 sons: I'm still the same dad as before
"Good Morning America" is featuring stories in celebration of Pride Month. Scott Takacs, a 46-year-old and father of three, penned a personal essay about his experience coming out as a gay man to his sons. Read about his journey below in his own words.
Coming out at 42
I was 42 years old when I came out to my wife. It was 15 months later that I started that equal conversation with my three boys -- 9-year-old twins and an 11-year-old.
The whole experience is somewhat of a blur, mostly in part to the proof that at that direct in my life there was a lot of change happening and some significant pent-up emotions. There wasn't much of a plan, no guidebook in hand, only goals that I hoped my boys would start the process of understanding and accepting their dad for whom I truly was: a gay man.
It had been a long 15 months since coming out to my wife, an exposure I unfortunately wouldn't detail as positive, fun or something I ever need to repeat. It was wrought with the happiness of finally telling the closest person in my true identity, while simultaneously ripping her wo