Eric Rosswood

The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads (eBook, ePUB)

Everything You Need to Know About LGBTQ Parenting But Are (Mostly) Afraid to Ask

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

If You are Thinking of Becoming a Gay Dad, or if You are Already a Gay Dad ─ This Book is for You!

Are you ready to have kids? More and more gay men are turning to adoption and surrogacy to start their own families. An estimated two million American LBGTQ people would like to adopt and an estimated 65,000 adopted children are living with a gay parent. In 2016, The Chicago Tribune reported that 10 to 20 percent of donor eggs went to gay men expanding their families via surrogacy, and in many places the numbers were up 50 percent from the previous five years.

Gay parenting. Having a kid is like coming out all over again, on a daily basis, especially if you have an infant. Was coming out stressful for you? It's about to get more intense and you will have a child watching your every move and listening to your every word. If you stutter or pause, they may pick up on your discomfort and could start to feel like something is wrong about their family unit. The Ultimate Guide For Gay Dads is jam packed with parenting tips and advice to help you build confidence and become the awesome gay dad you were meant to be!

How Is This Parenting Guide Different From Others? Unlike other parenting books that have whole chapters focusing on things specifically related to mothers (such as how to get the perfect latch when breastfeeding), this parenting book replaces those sections with things relevant to gay dads. It covers topics like how to find LGBT friendly pediatricians, how to find LGBT friendly schools, how to childproof your home with style, how to answer awkward and prying questions about your family from strangers, examples for what two-dad families can do on Mother's Day, and much more. The book also includes parenting tips and advice from pediatricians, school educators, lawyers, and other same-sex parents.

Top LGBT parenting expert. Bestselling author Eric Rosswood covers every aspect of fatherhood for gay men in this essential guide to growing your family in the post-DOMA era. He is a major influencer on social media with over 100,000 followers on Twitter alone, as well as thousands on other platforms.

Exploring LGBTQ issues. Rosswood is an in-demand authority and commentator on LGBTQ issues, including civil rights, parenting, marriage and politics. The author has been featured in major media including The Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, CBS News, The Huffington Post, Elite Daily, Yahoo! News, AOL News, NY Daily News, IB Times, and regional LGBTQ press.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781633534889
• Artikelnr.: 49378144

Autorenporträt

Eric Rosswood is an LGBT activist, author, and father. He is a former Chapter Leader for Marriage Equality USA, a previous member of SF GLAAD's Leadership Council, and a former Board Member for San Francisco Pride. Rosswood and his husband, Mat, adopted their son through open adoption and after realizing there was a lack of resources for same-sex couples looking to expand their families, he wrote a book called Journey to Same-Sex Parenthood: Firsthand Advice, Tips and Stories from Lesbian and Gay Couples. The book thoroughly covered adoption, foster care, surrogacy, assisted reproduction, and co-parenting so that people can make the best decision for expanding their own families. Journey to Same-Sex Parenthood was a hit and praised by people such as Daniel J. O'Donnell (New York State Assembly Member), Max Disposti (Executive Director, North San Diego County LGBTQ Resource Center), Craig Ramsay (Fitness Expert and Reality T.V. Star on Bravo's Newlyweds: The First Year), and many others. Gay San Diego even said the book was "...destined to be the resource book for the decade for LGBTQ couples." Rosswood has been a contributor for The Huffington Post and a writer for the New Civil Rights Movement. He has been quoted in numerous outlets such as AOL News, Yahoo! News, CBS News, New York Parenting, The Washington Blade, OutBoise, The Bay Area Reporter, The Next Family, Gay San Diego and many more. Rosswood was a keynote speaker at the Modern Family Alliance's Lifecycle of the Modern (LGBT) Family Conference, and he was also a panel speaker at the 2016 Annual Family Weekend in the Midwest event hosted by the Family Equality Council. After the birth of his son, Rosswood realized there were numerous challenges gay dads had to deal with that straight parents don't, from answering ridiculous questions like, "Where's his mom?" to having to come out as gay to strangers all over again on a daily basis. This resulted in him writing a follow-up book called, The Parenting Bible for Gay Dads: Everything You Want to Know But Are (Mostly) Afraid to Ask. The highly anticipated book is expected to be released in the Fall of 2017.