Chicago-born Kordale and Atlanta native Kaleb, two African American men who have three children together, often share pictures of their happy family. But a recent snap they posted of them doing their daughters' hair sparked an unexpected negative backlash, with many commenters making racist and homophobic remarks.
Most of the negative comments have since been deleted, but the negative reactions had a profound effect on the couple, who responded via HuffPost Gay Voices.
'We may be gay but this does not mean we are incapable of what a heterosexual couple is capable of!' they wrote in their post.
'Our main objective as parents is to provide, love, educate, support, encourage, and love some more,' they added.
'Being fathers is getting our daughters up at 5:30am, making breakfast, getting them dressed for school and putting them on the bus by 6:30,' they captioned the photo.
'This is a typical day in our household . It's not easy but we enjoy every moment and every minute of #fatherhood. #proudfathers #blackfathers #prouddads #gaydads'.
The post received a number of supportive comments like 'Beautiful family!' and 'Those girls are lucky to have two dads that love them so much!'
But it also reportedly attracted negative attention from commenters who seemed to believe there was something immoral in their lifestyle situation.
In response, the couple wrote: 'Our kids are blessed to have three parents (Kordale, Kaleb and their Mother) who love, care and support them in every decision they have made and will continue to make as they get older.
'Being gay is the new normal for a lot of people and judgement isn't needed, just equality!'
Theirs is the second incidence in recent history of Instagram users posting racist remarks on seemingly innocent family photos.
Mailonline
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