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Happy Wednesday Book Franz! With another year down in the books (get it?! ha) on Bookstagram I've been thinking a lot lately about my posts. I know I DEFINITELY want to continue to keep this page all things bookish! But with the new change in my life coming AKA becoming a parent! & same-sex parent at that, I feel like my visibility on this platform is necessary. Mainly, I think perhaps someone out there might find this helpful or might even feel seen!.
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So today I am jumping out of the usual bookish content to share our maternity photos with you & a few bits of my experience as an expecting same-sex parent or as some might call me the non-bio Mom or the non-carrying partner..
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Going into our journey I had no doubt that I'd be an incredible partner during the entire process. That I'd be patient, supportive, understanding, & of course loving! To be completely honest, I had no fears about it & didn't think I'd encounter any challenges with it. I couldn't have been more wrong.....suddenly I was hit with this person I didn't know I could be- SELFISH and unbelievably impatient! So much of the beginning of this was practically me saying inside "WHAT ABOUT ME?" and towards the middle of it "WHERE DO I FIT IN THIS?". All the impatience & selfishness I was feeling I realized was due to the fear of worrying that somehow I'd be left out. That somehow because I wasn't physically part of this pregnancy I couldn't be considered a Mom & that for the first time in a long time, my Wife was going through something that I'd never been through & how would it be possible for us to stay connected if I couldn't physically go through this with her?.
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Thinking back on that time & reflecting on it still feels difficult but when I place my hand on my Wife's belly and sing or read to our tiny Sprout & I feel those tiny kicks of love (or annoyance haha) all that feels so distant. Love floods my heart & I wonder how much I'll ugly happy cry when I meet our baby. If you've made it to the end of this long post- thank you so much for reading ❤️.
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Photo credit: @jaime_1st
Found my earliest lewk for a #glowup comparison. It's been 25+ years in between these images and (not?) surprisingly very little has changed! Robbie Rotten photo taken by the very heavily bearded and beautiful @vitaminmstudios #sidebyside #thenandnow #cosplayglowup #howharddidpubertyhityou #howharddidaginghityouchallenge #dragking #dragkingsofinstagram #cosplayersofinstagram #throwback #crossplay #lgbtcosplayer #robbierottencosplay #robbierotten #lazytown #lazytowncosplay #sassypants #gayby
Micaela and I met in college. She was a year ahead of me in school but we both played sports and had a lot of mutual friends. Although we were more acquaintances in college we remained connected after we graduated. We saw each other at random get togethers and weddings. I remember feeling that there was always “something” about Micaela but neither of us ever acted on it. It wasn’t until Micaela was interviewing for residency in Denver, where I was living at the time, that our timing was finally right. We’ve been together ever since! Even though I wanted to date her in college, I’m so glad it never happened, because we both were able to become confident and independent on our own, which now makes our relationship so much stronger. Timing is a ✨magical✨ thing! What’s YOUR love story?! I’d love to hear! If you feel inclined share below! ♥️
Women can do hard things. We can stand in an operating room for hours at a time and save lives of people in our community⚕️We can carry children for months in our wombs and bring them into the world safelyWe can run multi-million dollar business corporationsAnd if you are one woman in particular, you can stand at the podium in Capital Hilland testify against a man who sexually assaulted you years ago. A man who also happens to be a Supreme Court Justice nominee. Today has been a mixed bag of emotions for me as I reflect on the hearing of Dr. Ford. Feelings of anger, feelings of hopelessness, feelings of gratitude and feelings of hope. It’s made me realize that we, as women and as a society, have come a long way. I’m thankful to be part of such a progressive society where women can hold positions of power and women’s voices can even be heard, but DAMN we have some work to do. It’s also made me realize the massive responsibility we have as parents in raising our children A responsibility to teach our girls body privacy and personal agency-yes, but also to help them realize their power, self-worth and value♥️ Something equally important that is not talked about enough, is the responsibility we must take on in raising our boys. Teaching our boys to respect women, to honor consent and to value gender equality cannot start young enough. This starts in the home. It starts in schools. It starts in the work place and it starts NOW. We have so much work to do, but we have the power to make change. We can do hard things. And we deserve better. ✊✊✊✊✊
Daddy-in-Training with the Boss Baby
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What an absolute cutie pie Vaughn @vaughnblee is. Daddy Sebastian and Opa Johnny should be so very proud
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When your kid is so happy that it glows from within, it is for sure attributable to the love from the parents
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Marching in Mumbai’s first ever gay pride parade back in 2008 and today India finally decriminalized gay sex. Times are changing, slowly. ️ 16 Aug 2008.
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