Through Youth Villages, they've adopted brothers Andrew and Lucas. It took him 10.10 seconds to be on the phone with every foster agency within a hundred-mile radius,'” Michael continued. “I told Travis, 'I think I want kids now. Now comes something else Michael and Travis never expected in their lives. They headed straight to the county clerk to become the first gay couple to be married in Montgomery County. “The Supreme Court had made it legal nationwide,” Michael remembered. “Almost immediately knew he was my person.” “We met on Plenty of Fish,' said Michael. “When I was in the military, of course, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was at the stage it was being overturned,” Travis said. In fact, the pandemic may have played a role in encouraging some big changes in same-sex households.Īs gay men growing up in small towns, there’s so much Michael and Travis VanZant never expected to see in their lives. Many will be there who have watched so much change for the gay community over these recent years. (WTVF) - We're just hours from the Nashville Pride Festival.
