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NEW GAY PARENT MAGAZINE ISSUE

Now available is our 26th anniversary November-December 2024 issue #157

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Visit our website for family resources https://www.gayparentmag.com/

Snapshot:

Gay Parent Magazine’s November-December issue #157 marks our 26th year of publishing. When Gay Parent Magazine was first launched, LGBTQ parenting information was not readily available as it is today, so we received extremely positive feedback from parents feeling isolated. Since then, we’ve witnessed and reported on many milestones, from first gay adoptions and LGBTQ singles and couples fulfilling their dreams of raising children, to legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, and watching our LGBTQ community achieve pivotal roles in local, state and now federal government.

On our cover meet Morgan Henry Kerr and her family. Morgan says she is “a creative, proud wife and queer mom from the Pacific Northwest in her perimenopause and preschool era.” Morgan talks about her parenting journey and where it has led her.

November is National Adoption Month and in this issue we feature Brian and Don of the Hiller-Dupont family of New York. Brian's and Don's musical backgrounds brought them together. The couple became parents after adopting Brandon. Brian observed the interaction between his husband and their nephew, and in a flash, ran outside, and said, “We need to add to our family.” Interested in adding to your family? Use our list of adoption and foster care related resources and services in this issue to build your family.

David F.M. Vaughn and Gavin Lodge are the hosts of an irreverent, informative, and inspiring podcast called Gaytriarchs. Read why they chose that name and about their families. David summed it up best by stating, “it is progress when a comedy show about gay parenting can exist.”

Regular contributor, Ali Rothlizzi writes about her family attending their local Pride celebration on Long Island, New York as well as their vacation to Hershey Park in Pennsylvania.

Learn about a new social platform for LGBTQIA+ families called Tumy Time.

If you are thinking of enrolling your child in an independent school, check out our 26th annual Gay Parent Magazine LGBTQ friendly Independent School Directory. Over 100 schools, ranging from nursery to college, from across the country are listed by state. Includes schools for students with learning differences, bilingual schools, all girls or all boys, boarding, religious schools, and schools specializing in the creative arts. Our advertiser spotlight features the Stratford School in California contributing an article on fostering emotional intelligence in your child. Also learn about the Cathedral School of St. John the Divine in New York City.

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Robin’s parents divorced when she was very young, which had a significant impact on her view of life. “We went from kind of this middle class family to me living just with my mom, and she didn’t have money.”

“Sadly, I had to watch her decline, and I think that that really shaped who I am.”

“It became very much like I needed to really hustle or work hard because I didn’t want to end up where my parents were.” It was partly this experience that Robin attributes to one of her current writing projects. “It’s a Substack called, ‘Shit I learn from my crappy childhood,’ and it’s all based on this philosophy of take what works from your childhood, but leave the rest.” 

In the Gay Parent Magazine New York 2025-2026 we re-visit actor, author, podcast host, mom and wife Robin Hopkins. First featured by Deadra Albrecht-Frasch in Gay Parent Magazine New York 2019-2020 issue #17, Robin has continued to make a name for herself by sharing the lessons that life has taught her, coupled with her own particular blend of humor. Learn more about this funny mom of two teens in the article Revisiting Robin Hopkins, actor, author, podcast host, and mom to teens by Gary Hurtubise.  The free Gay Parent Magazine New York 2025-2026 is available here:

Find Robin on all social platforms @realrobinhopkins. Visit her website at, robinhopkins.org and Substack, robinhopkins.substack.com/p/gone-quiet, and catch her show ‘Well…adjusting’ wherever you get your podcasts.

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

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Eoin and Mark always knew they wanted to be parents, and felt they were well-prepared for it, having had plenty of babysitting practice with the twenty nieces and nephews between them back in Ireland.

They started moving forward with growing their family during the pandemic, regardless of the delays to their wedding plans.

Eoin had investigated adoption in a previous relationship in Ireland, but it had left a bad taste with him, “They basically told us it could take over seven years, and that gay couples were the last on the list,” he retells.

That left surrogacy as their option of choice.

Two (Irish) men and a surrogacy - Mark O'Looney and Eoin Cannon were both born in Dublin. Now they're raising two daughters together in NYC. Read more in the article Two Men and a Surrogacy by Gary Hurtubise in the free Gay Parent Magazine-New York available here: https://bit.ly/48uqIdr

To learn more about Mark, Eoin, their daughters, and their journey through familyhood, follow them on Instagram @TwoMenAndASurrogacy

Photo Left to right, Mark, Nala, and Aria copyright Gay Parent Magazine.

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

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At the time of her first Gay Parent Magazine New York profile (2019-2020 issue #17) , Robin had an award-winning podcast entitled ‘If These Ovaries Could Talk,’ which she produced with fellow podcaster Jaimie Kelton. The website for the podcast described it as, ‘two lesbians chatting about making babies and non-traditional families.’

Robin wrapped up her work with ‘If These Ovaries Could Talk’ (still hosted by Jaimie; renamed, ‘The Queer Family Podcast’),

 “I started a new podcast called ‘Well…adjusting’. The idea is that I had a childhood that was less than stellar at moments. It was not great.” Robin explains. ‘But I learned so much from it. I learned things that I had to do because of what I didn’t have. I learned from things I just don’t want to do again. And some of it just was the way that I approached things because of my childhood. And I just became this person who loved talking to younger people about how to make these changes in your life. So we built the podcast ‘Well…adjusting’ and it’s really lovely.”

In the Gay Parent Magazine New York 2025-2026 we re-visit actor, author, podcast host, mom and wife Robin Hopkins. First featured by Deadra Albrecht-Frasch in Gay Parent Magazine New York 2019-2020 issue #17, Robin has continued to make a name for herself by sharing the lessons that life has taught her, coupled with her own particular blend of humor. Learn more about this funny mom of two teens in the article Revisiting Robin Hopkins, actor, author, podcast host, and mom to teens by Gary Hurtubise.  The free Gay Parent Magazine New York 2025-2026 is available here:

Find Robin on all social platforms @realrobinhopkins. Visit her website at, robinhopkins.org and Substack, robinhopkins.substack.com/p/gone-quiet, and catch her show ‘Well…adjusting’ wherever you get your podcasts.

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

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Just Breathe: Parenting Your LGBTQ Teen with Annie Henderson | More Human More Kind

In this moving and uplifting interview on the Just Breathe podcast, host Heather invites life coach and activist Annie M. Henderson to recount her transformative personal history of self-awareness, late-in-life coming out, and healing from people-pleasing habits. Annie reveals how she grew up in a conservative community, married at a young age, went through toxic relationships, and eventually discovered her true self and a healthy, loving relationship. The conversation also explores the subject of demisexuality, raising LGBTQ+ teenagers, breaking family cycles, boundary-setting, and modeling healthy relationships for our kids. With openness, vulnerability, and heart, Annie provides perspectives on living true to oneself, affirming queer teens, and growing at any age. Listeners will also find out about the sunk cost fallacy, the strength of self-awareness, and the life-changing wisdom of The Four Agreements. Whether you're a parent, ally, or traveler on your own path, this episode is for you: offering encouragement, permission, and a reminder that it's never too late to re-write your story.