Gay parents come out and fight.The basic challenges gay parents face today may seem as daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin as ever. But when The Advocate first looked at the issue 30 years ago, the basics usually involved a gay parent trying to maintain some custody rights over a child he or she had had in a failed heterosexual heterosexual /het·ero·sex·u·al/ (-sek´shoo-al) 1. pertaining to, characteristic of, or directed toward the opposite sex. 2. one who is sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex. marriage. The then--newly founded Gay Fathers Unlimited in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden was providing support to gay male parents, who often lived in isolation from the adult-centered gay culture of the time. GFU GFU Good for You GFU George Fox University GFU Gran Fraternidad Universal GFU Gesellschaft Für Umweltchemie GFU General Foul-Up (polite form) GFU Gesellschaft für Schadenforschung AG GFU General Follow-Up also counseled dads who had lost access to their children following a divorce. "I've talked with men who were really emotionally damaged and guilt-ridden on account of their separation from their kids," said founder B.A. Aiken. A similar group called Lesbian Mothers and Friends had also been formed in the city. |
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