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Growing Up with a Gay Dad

David Gregory-Kumar is a 大象传媒 journalist, and a gay dad. For this edition of One to One, he speaks to Sophie Mei Lan about her experience of growing up with a gay dad and step-dad.

David Gregory-Kumar is a 大象传媒 journalist, and a gay dad. For this edition of One to One, he speaks to Sophie Mei Lan about her experience of growing up with a gay dad and step-dad.

Sophie Mei Lan is a journalist, blogger and vlogger in her early 30s. She grew up, from the age of 3, partly with her gay dad and step-dad. She talks to David about the severe bullying she faced in high school, and how she learned to cope. But she also recalls the lighter, if rather excruciating, moment when she was mistaken for her dad's child-bride. Now that Sophie herself is a mum she sees a world that is more tolerant, and David agrees, but shares his feelings about living in Birmingham, a city where there have been protests against the teaching of LGBT equality in primary schools.

Producer: Karen Gregor

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14 minutes

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Tue 30 Jul 2019 09:30

Sophie Mei Lan and her daughters

Sophie Mei Lan and her daughters

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  • Tue 30 Jul 2019 09:30

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