Gay men’s fatherhood: The dawn of a neoparenthood?

Abstract

This article describes some of the findings of a doctoral research study in which I analyzed the experiences of gay parents in Mexico City, with which I sought to recognize the ways in which gay men access parenting and care for infants, as well as the configuration of parental arrangements based on the biological, social and even legal constraints they face. From the research, I identified some novel ways of exercising parental care derived from the ways that gay men develop to care for their sons and daughters, as well as to solve the problems they face linked to homophobia, social ignorance, and the stigma and prejudice associated with people of sexual and affective diversity.