We work really hard to raise open minded loving human beings and, unfortunately, we feel that the world hasn't caught up to that yet. Terrell Joseph: We never want to be complacent in our parenting journey.
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They need to be firecrackers in full color. LGBTQ+ characters don’t need to be coded. I became mightier writing and illustrating this book – and even prouder of my community. That meant not being okay with media that makes me a punchline or an error, and it meant pushing past tragedy survival as a main plot point. West: I had to dedicate myself to relearning the pride part of being in the queer community. Shoenthal: What’s the toughest part about trying to share your message in a society that can be hostile to it? Part of what makes ours unique, to some, is that we’re two guys raising kids. This is just the route we took to start our family, but we’ve learned families come in all different shapes and sizes. The thing we hope people realize is that a family is a family, no matter what whether that’s your chosen family or your biological one. PJ and Thomas McKay with their children Matt and Beau // ProbablyThis And now three years later, we are settled into our routine as a family of five navigating life and being out and proud in our small town. They felt like our kids from the moment we tucked them in bed that first night. PJ McKay: It surprised us how we immediately felt like a family in every sense of the word. Our home wasn’t technically even open yet, but we said yes, expedited the opening and we brought our kids home the next day. The whole process took about two months, and a few days after we got our licenses, our case worker called us about a sibling group of three, ages 4, 2.5, and 18 months, who needed a placement ASAP. After weighing our options, we began classes to get our foster parent licenses. Do we do surrogacy? Do we go through private adoption? How much will all of this cost?Īfter being accepted into a few surrogacy and adoption agencies, we started educating ourselves more about foster care.
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Thomas McKay: Once we got married, the questions of when and how to go about starting a family started becoming more prevalent. Shoenthal: PJ and Thomas, how are you redefining what family looks like? Jarius and Terrell Joseph and their children c/o Jarius and Terrell Joseph