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. "One of the best LGBT Parenting books of all time" - BookAuthority "Gay dad Rosswood has written a remarkable, small handbook that succinctly, with wit and clarity, covers what seems to be every facet of creating and raising a baby. From naming and who’s on the birth certificate to dealing with Mother’s Day to helping a growing daughter buy a bra or sanitary products. He stresses options, doesn’t preach, and includes other dads and their solutions. Best of all, is the assurance that you’re not alone." - Lavendar Magazine "I highly recommend this book for gay dads, and even for gay moms. In fact, there is an education in here for everyone, even heterosexual families, since these days almost everyone’s kids go to school with other kids who have same sex parents, like my family. - -Gay NYC Dads.com "This is the parenting book gay dads have been waiting for! It takes the basic information you’ll find in other parenting books and enhances it by including things specific to gay dads, like finding LGBT-friendly pediatricians, legal steps to protect your family, examples for how to answer questions like, “where’s the mother?” and tons of other valuable information gay dads will appreciate. If you’re a gay dad, or you’re going to be one soon, you’ll definitely want to add this timely book to your library" - Stan J. Sloan - Chief Executive Officer, The Family Equality Council "The journey to parenthood is not easy for anyone. For same gender couples, this journey embodies many twists and turns that are not often documented or discussed in traditional parenting guides directed towards heterosexuals. Rosswood has created an invaluable resource for parents that not only covers traditional topics such as changing diapers and childproofing the home, but also more nuanced topics including traveling as a same gender family, navigating birth certificate details, and deciding what your child will call you. Whether you already have kids, are deep in the process of starting a family, or only beginning your journey, you will find yourself referring to this book over and over again." - J. B. Blankenship - Author of The Christmas Truck "A fantastic resource and an entertaining read of essential things that gay/bisexual men should know before becoming dads together." ~ Chaz Harris, co-author of Promised Land "The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads is an informative and practical book that covers a lot of the essential parenting tips! It includes advice from many parenting advocates, includi