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News Round-Up: September 30, 2015

Some news stories you may have missed:

• Two minutes of smile – Feel good video about a typical day with woofy dads, Corey and Rocco, and their adorable son Forge.

• Regarding the “Kim Davis meeting Pope Francis” story – does it help to know he also met Mark Wahlberg? I’m guessing that doesn’t mean the Pope endorses the TED movies or the Funky Bunch.

• Rising star in the Indiana Republican Party, Rep. Jud McMillin, resigned from office after sexually explicit video was texted from his phone. McMillin was one of the co-sponsors of the state’s ill-received Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

• Donald Trump released his proposed revisal of the tax code which The Tax Foundation says would cost the U.S. $12 Trillion over ten years. No surprise – the wealthy would gain a LOT.

• Check out this most excellent mega-mix mashup of Madonna videos set to her new album Rebel Heart.

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Gay Dads And Family Featured In New Nikon Campaign

Two gay dads and their daughters whose “morning ritual” photo went viral are featured in Nikon’s “I Am Generation Image” campaign:

“Last year, we were surprised when a picture of us doing our daughters’ hair went viral. To us, that’s just part of our morning routine. With our images, we want to share our family’s life — and maybe reveal how much our family is like yours.”

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Honey Maid Features Gay Dads In New “This Is Wholesome” Commercial

You may recall that last year, Honey Maid ran it’s first LGBT inclusive commercial featuring two gay dads raising their infant.

Of course all the haters threw their rants and rage. And life went on beyond the barricades.

At the time Gary Osifchin, senior marketing director at Mondelez which owns Honey Maid had this to say:

“We recognize change is happening every day, from the way in which a family looks today to how a family interacts to the way it is portrayed in media. We at Honey Maid continue to evolve and expand our varieties to provide delicious, wholesome products so they can be a part of everyday moments of connection in a world with changing, evolving family dynamics.”

Well, clearly Honey Maid enjoyed the response they saw from the 2014 round of “This is wholesome,” and so they bring us this new ad introducing “GoBites.”

From Honey Maid: “In our 2015 anthem spot we recognize wholesome modern day families of all types. Because no matter how things change, what makes us wholesome never will.”

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Meet Max Lenox

Max Lenox is a senior at West Point and co-captain of the basketball team for the second year.

But there’s a LOT more to the story than simply “teenager excels at life.” A lot more.

From Sports Illustrated:

Max Lenox is a senior at the U.S. Military Academy. But wait: His path there has not been storybook pat. Lenox will be the first to tell you he is no genius. He flunked two classes as a freshman and almost got kicked out; like Gen. George Patton, Lenox is a “turnback,” a cadet forced to repeat his plebe year and to graduate late. Last year, in a class of 1,084, he was ranked No. 903.

It’s important to note in watching Max’s story and reading his life journey that the haters who would deny loving gay or lesbian couples the right to marry and raise kids is supposedly based on the idea that gay couples don’t make for a stable and supportive environment for kids. With that in mind, I’d love to know where folks like Brian Brown of the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage would have preferred to see Max Lenox end up?

Looks like he’s doing pretty great to me…

Watch the short video below, then read the mucho inspiring story of Max and his parents at SI.

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The Cheerios Effect: André, Jonathan & Raphaëlle’s Story

A new ad campaign by General Mills features two gay dads in a touching video that uses the “Cheerios Effect” as a metaphor for human beings desire to connect.

From MarketingMag:

“The Cheerios Effect,” is the colloquial name some have given to a phenomenon that anyone who’s eaten a bowl of the cereal knows: when two Cheerios float in milk, they tend to attract one another thanks to surface tension. Cossette is using this as a jumping-off point to address the broader issue of social isolation and loneliness.

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The campaign will include nearly a dozen videos on the internet and TV ranging from 15 seconds to three-minute mini-documentaries, all featuring a diverse range of stories across demographics. They include the story of two gay fathers who have adopted a young girl, grandparents and grandchildren, and young women connecting by using sign language.

Meet André, Jonathan & Raphaëlle:

And here’s a short :15 vid to introduce the campaign:

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Philadelphia: Local hunky meteorologist comes out as gay in baby announcement

Philadelphia meteorologist Adam Joseph

Philadelphia’s popular (and hunky) meteorologist Adam Joseph came out as gay, coupled and a dad all in one Facebook announcement:

Philadelphia's popular meteorologist Adam Joseph comes out as gay, partnered and a dad in one announcement

The action news team has grown again! I am ecstatic to introduce Jacob, the newest love of our lives. My partner Karl and I welcomed him into our world on August 5th at 1:41am. He tipped the scales at 9lbs 1oz and was over 21 inches long! He was a bit stubborn to arrive, but once he did he’s been mellow, attentive, and constantly looking around. We are simply overjoyed and ready to spoil him with unconditional love!

Congratulations Adam and Karl!

(h/t Instinct)

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Gay dads show brain activity similar to mothers and heterosexual fathers

A new study on gay parents published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals brain activity that resembles both mothers and heterosexual fathers:

The 48 gay fathers raising children with their husbands seemed to be both mom and dad, brain-wise. Their emotional circuits were as active as those of mothers and the interpretive circuits showed the same extra activity as that of heterosexual fathers’.

Ideally, scientists would perform neuroimaging on men and women before and then after they became parents, to show definitely that any heightened activity followed junior’s arrival and was not present before. Until they can do that, Feldman said, she is confident that the telltale brain activity results from parenting.

One clue: in gay fathers, but not heterosexual ones, the brain also had extra communication lines between emotional and cognitive structures. The more time a man spent as primary caregiver, the greater the connectivity. It was as if playing both parental roles caused the brain to integrate the structures required for each.

“Fathers’ brains are very plastic,” Feldman said. “When there are two fathers, their brains must recruit both networks, the emotional and cognitive, for optimal parenting.”