Lovely article, brought tears to my eyes!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/oct/01/coronation-street-charlie-condou-gay-dad?INTCMP=SRCH
LeninGrad
Wed 05-Oct-11 14:07:06
Very well written, thanks for the link.
Wasn't it Lenin? Lovely positive article.....always liked him as Marcus now I like him even more.
I enjoyed it too; lucky children.
Indeed rhetorician, but lucky parents too.
To have such a wonderful trio of friends, that can have such a civilised approach to co-parenting must be a dream come true for all of them!
I look forward to reading his regular column now....maybe we could get him on MN??!
I'd say it's a fairly unusual set-up, although i know of some similar ones; we have an involved donor, but not very involved, at least compared to this. Having 3 parents would be brilliant <thinks wistfully of how much more I'd get done>
oh god yes very unusual, I would think unless you really know & trust the donor not very involved might have it's advantages!
(not wishing to mock) 
it certainly does! it would have been even better if the article had given the mother's pov - am I right in thinking that she is not gay?
wrighty2010
Sun 09-Oct-11 14:09:38
Thanks, really enjoyed reading that xx
Not sure rhet- yes it would have been interesting, maybe we;ll hear more about her pov coming through in his articles.
I might email him & suggest it!
Wrighty-you're welcome. I did too & it's so nice to read a positive gay parenting article I had to share.
Being a Corrie fan 
(now my secret is out ) I've been quite impressed with the gay storylines they cover, I know it's dramatised for telly but some massive holes have been punched through homophobic stereotypes in a lot of ways.
the column is slightly strange - hopefully he will get into his stride in due course, but it was...well...dull, I thought. Exactly the same issues as everyone else - which of course is brilliant, but not that interesting to read about.
Can someone link properly please? I can't view it on iPad.
Ta
I guess to him it's interesting.....reads a bit "dad-obsessed" which he naturally is!
As you sat rhet hopefully he'll get into it a bit more!
don't get me wrong, I love the fact that it's there, just not sure that he's that good a writer!
Possibly not rhet I agree, time will tell!
