The study of both homosexuality and fatherhood has recently been increasing. Homosexuality is based on a continuum. This is because some men are more comfortable than others in expressing their sexuality. Some fathers are not sure of their sexuality. One day they are heterosexual, and another day they have homosexual feelings.
Some homosexual fathers remain married because they care so much for their children.
Some may tell others, but many keep secret their sexual identity. Another point on the continuum lays the people who break away from their wives and family in order to join the gay community and blend homosexuality into their daily lives. These men often hold custody of their children, who are aware that their father is gay. Many factors can affect a gay man's position on the continuum. Children, wives, friends, neighbors, religious beliefs, and society as a whole can change the man's position in expressing his homosexuality.