"Our family first started in August 2016 when we met at the Manchester Frontrunners Club. You could say throughout Pride is really where we confirmed our interest in each other. We married in December 2017 and had a wonderful Christmassy wedding (with real snow!). We adopted our son, Logan in June 2020 who has made a wonderful addition to our family.

When we saw the opportunity to take part in the project and share our story, we agreed that it would be a chance to tell others about the joys of adoption and what a difference it makes to both the adopted child and families that they join. The definition of family is described as: ‘a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit’, and that is exactly what we have become. A ‘unit’ consisting of two same sex partners, a child and a dog just like any other family out there and I think that’s the key message to all of this, to show that there isn’t any difference between our family and yours. As an LGBT+ parent the greatest struggle for ourselves would be the acceptance and integration within the primary school setting as perceived by other parents, as this parenting role would be, and is, widely the responsibility of the female within the family setting. However in retrospect, within the LGBT+ community itself we appear to have been given more exposure and acceptance and we are being exemplified for having taken on the responsibility as parents. Our child has excelled in all areas of growth and in some areas is exceeding all expectations and to be called “Daddy” is truly an amazing thing from someone as pure as a child`s mind. I hope that the project shows that despite some differences we are a loving, modern family that has been able to form due to many years of tribulations and challenges. Overall changes in attitudes over the decades has meant that we can have the family that we thought would never be available or possible due to being gay. As you get older you see how far society has come and that LOVE comes in many forms."