TikTok Star José Rolón Opens Up About Parenting as a Single Gay Dad!
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about so many new things—the elbow bump, the hand sanitizer obsession,. The social media star has captured the hearts of hundreds of thousands with hilarious clips of him and his three kids telling jokes, pulling pranks and sharing a bit of everyday life as an LGBTQ, Latinx family.
TB: Let’s travel back in time for a minute. You had all of three of your children via surrogacy. What was the surrogacy experience like for you and your husband Tim? Any lessons learned you can share for those embarking on a similar journey?We were really fortunate to have an incredible surrogate. …The way Tim and I did it was we transferred two embryos that were [each genetically related to one of us]. Nine months later, our son was born, and he came out as white as can be.
Look, I think people are going to feel what they feel. And I think the only way to continue to change minds is to continue showing examples that, although we might be more colorful, we really aren’t that different from all other families. I yell like other families, I celebrate the holidays in the way other families do, I get frustrated the way people do, I certainly don’t cook any differently. I’m a single parent who is trying to just make it through like everybody else.