I (always) root for gay parents, so it was a pleasure to attend a Zoom gay baby shower recently. These two dads are wonderfully eccentric--they spend their free time touring the homes of former vice presidents, and they might on occasion send you a postcard featuring Spiro Agnew's 1958 Christmas tree--and I was pleased to see the eccentricity on full display at the shower. For example, the dads have announced their unborn child's name: Lena Gus Borden Tanner. (That's "LGBT.") Asked about unchartered territory, the dads said there is one thing that slightly intimidates them: "labial folds." I was most touched by the dads' confessions of nervousness: "We have no idea what we're doing, where we'll be living, and we're a little wary when people say it's easier than it looks ." At one point, we guests had a chance to share our wishes for Lena-to-be, and I mentioned: learning to listen well, tolerating uncertainty, and always wea...