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TYSON PETE
IN THE MEDIA

Tyson Pete’s work has been featured across media platforms covering authorship, fatherhood, LGBTQ+ family life, personal transformation, leadership, food, community advocacy, and the power of turning lived experience into lasting impact.

As an award-winning author, life coach, chef, recording artist, speaker, and founder of P.R.O.U.D. Inc., Tyson continues to build a public platform rooted in courage, truth, family, healing, and legacy.

His story is not simply about overcoming adversity. It is about using experience as a blueprint to help others move forward.

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Independent Coverage, Interviews & Conversations

This page collects independent media coverage featuring Tyson Pete, his books, fatherhood work, Courageous Love, P.R.O.U.D. Inc., Courageous Love Collective and related creative projects.

For Tyson Pete's official announcements and press releases, visit the Newsroom.

For approved biographies, photos and interview resources, visit the Media Center.

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Featured Press

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VOYAGE DALLAS

Check Out Tyson Pete’s Story
July 29th, 2026
The Courageous Love series wasn’t born from a publishing strategy. It was born from my own life.

Like so many parents, I would try to teach my children important lessons, but sometimes my words just weren’t getting through. Then one day I realized something. I’m an author. Long after our conversations were over, my books would still be here. So I began writing for my children. Every lesson I wanted them to understand, every mistake I hoped they would avoid, every reminder that they were deeply loved found its way into my books. Somewhere along the journey, something unexpected happened. I wasn’t just writing to help them. I was healing myself. Every chapter challenged me to confront my own experiences, grow as a father, and become a better man. What started as letters to my children became a series that has helped thousands of readers.

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THE CHRONICAL JOURNAL

Award-Winning Author Tyson Pete Announces New Book Courageous Love: From Survival to Sanctuary – A National Call to Redefine Family Leadership, Safety, and Generational Healing

February 12th, 2026

Award-winning author, certified life coach, and nonprofit founder Tyson Pete announces the release of his highly anticipated new book, Courageous Love: From Survival to Sanctuary, a systems-based guide designed to help families move from chronic stress and emotional emergency into sustainable safety and leadership at home.

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VOYAGE LA

Hidden Gems: Meet Tyson Pete of Tyson Pete, LLC & P.R.O.U.D. INC.

January 21st, 2026

My story is the story of becoming: becoming a father who refused to disappear, becoming a man who chose truth over performance, and becoming a leader who decided my pain would not be wasted. For a long time, I carried responsibility in silence—raising my children, navigating life after divorce, learning how to be steady when life was not. I wasn’t chasing attention. I was chasing stability, healing, and legacy.

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iHEART RADIO

Queering Education: LGBTQ+ Inclusive Teaching, Queer Pedagogy, and Real Classroom Practice

(with Tyson Pete)

January 10, 2026

Teaching While Queer is a podcast for LGBTQ+ educators navigating teaching, leadership, and survival in today’s schools. The show explores queer and trans representation in education, educator burnout, book bans, workplace discrimination, tokenism, doxing, and advocacy—while sharing practical strategies for building inclusive classrooms, affirming school cultures, and safer learning environments.

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TEACHING WHILE QUEER

How One Gay Father Turned Pain Into a Purpose-Driven Nonprofit | Ep. 188

(with Tyson Pete)

January 10th, 2026

Tyson joins Teaching While Queer to share the deeply personal journey that led him from childhood dreams of teaching, through family rejection and healing, to founding a nonprofit and homeschool program for LGBTQ+ families. His story weaves together resilience, faith, and a fierce commitment to creating the safe, affirming learning spaces he wanted for his own children.

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Award-Winning Author Tyson Pete Announces New Book Courageous Love: From Survival to Sanctuary – A National Call to Redefine Family Leadership, Safety, and Generational Healing

February 12th, 2026

At a time when parental burnout, mental health strain, and social polarization dominate national conversation, Courageous Love reframes the issue at its core: survival has become a lifestyle. The book argues that many families are not failing due to lack of love or effort, but because constant readiness, stress, and pressure have quietly replaced stability and rhythm.

Rather than offering surface-level inspiration, Pete delivers a structured approach rooted in trauma-informed science, nervous system regulation, attachment theory, masculinity studies, and lived experience. The book provides practical frameworks for building homes that function as stabilizing environments rather than stress amplifiers.

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INSIDER WEEKLY

From Personal Healing to Global Movement: How One Father Built an Empire Around Truth

December 12th, 2025

Tyson Pete doesn’t fit into a single category, and that’s precisely the point. The 2025 Prestigious Regal Summit Book Award winner has built something rare: a interconnected ecosystem of businesses and initiatives that turns personal trauma into institutional change.

His award-winning book, “Courageous Love: A Self-Help Guide for Gay Fathers,” struck a nerve because it filled a void. Gay fathers, long underserved by traditional parenting literature, finally had a roadmap written by someone who understood their specific challenges. But Pete didn’t stop at writing. He built infrastructure around the need he identified.

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BOLD JOURNEY

Life, Values & Legacy: Our Chat with Tyson Pete of Hollywood

November 20th, 2025

"If I’m keeping it a hundred…

It’s the house I built inside myself when nobody was clapping.
The discipline, the forgiveness, the backbone.
The way I taught my own heart how to stand up straight after years of bending.

People see the books, the brand, the movement.
They don’t see the nights I stitched my dignity back together,
or the mornings I chose purpose over pain—again."

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UMBRELLA LOCAL HEROES

From Pain to Purpose: How Tyson Pete is Building a Movement for Unseen Voices

 December 15th, 2025

My story is the story of becoming: becoming a father who refused to disappear, becoming a man who chose truth over performance, and becoming a leader who decided my pain would not be wasted. For a long time, I carried responsibility in silence—raising my children, navigating life after divorce, learning how to be steady when life was not. I wasn’t chasing attention. I was chasing stability, healing, and legacy.

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PR LOG

Tyson Pete Makes History at the 2025 Regal Summit Awards with Groundbreaking Parenting Book.

Aug. 17, 2025

"This award is bigger than me," Pete said. "It's for every gay father who has questioned his worth, faced doubt, or fought to be recognized. Our love—our courageous love—has always been enough."

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2025'S REGAL SUMMIT BOOK AWARD WINNER

2025 Regal Summit Book Award Winner

July 6th, 2025

Tyson Pete was named a 2025 Regal Summit Book Award Winner for Courageous Love: A Self-Help Guide for Gay Fathers in the Parenting/Pregnancy category.

The recognition marked a major milestone for Tyson’s writing career and brought wider attention to a parenting resource created specifically for gay fathers.

For Tyson, the award represents more than literary recognition. It reflects the importance of creating books that speak directly to families and fathers who have often had fewer resources written with their experiences in mind.

Courageous Love: A Self-Help Guide for Gay Fathers remains one of the defining works in Tyson Pete’s growing Courageous Love collection.

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WASHINGTON GUARDIAN

The exclusive nature of the Nexus Awards—which are limited to companies demonstrating exceptional innovation in marketing technology—makes this recognition particularly meaningful for TYSON PETE LLC. The nomination places them among the most forward-thinking and culturally impactful organizations in the industry.

August 14th, 2025

“The Nexus Awards recognize the builders and innovators who don’t just participate in the marketing technology space—they redefine it,” said Perry Belcher, Nexus Awards Spokesperson. “TYSON PETE LLC exemplifies this through their creative vision, impact, and transformative storytelling.”

The exclusive nature of the Nexus Awards—which are limited to companies demonstrating exceptional innovation in marketing technology—makes this recognition particularly meaningful for TYSON PETE LLC. The nomination places them among the most forward-thinking and culturally impactful organizations in the industry.

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BOSSES MAGAZINE

The Nexus Awards honor founders, leaders, and organizations redefining what’s possible through innovation, technology, and real-world impact in marketing and branding. This inaugural program represents the most exclusive recognition in marketing technology innovation.

August 14th, 2025

“The Nexus Awards recognize the builders and innovators who don’t just participate in the marketing technology space—they redefine it,” said Perry Belcher, Nexus Awards Spokesperson. “TYSON PETE LLC exemplifies this through their creative vision, impact, and transformative storytelling.”

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NEXT MENTORS

Exclusive Recognition Program Honors Marketing Technology Innovation Leaders at Growth Hacking Live 2025

August 14th, 2025

The Nexus Awards represent the most selective honor in marketing technology innovation. TYSON PETE LLC was recognized for its dynamic integration of creative storytelling and technology through award-winning authorship, life coaching, and emotionally transformative experiences that uplift inclusivity, healing, and resilience.

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SUCCESSXL

TYSON PETE LLC Nominated for Prestigious Nexus Award 2025 in Direct Response Powerhouse Award
August 14th, 2025

“Being nominated for a Nexus Award is a powerful acknowledgment of the healing, advocacy, and inclusive storytelling we bring to the world,” said Tyson Pete, CEO of TYSON PETE LLC. “Our mission has always been to make visibility meaningful—empathy, empowerment, and unapologetic self-expression.”

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REAL RYDAZ ONLY RADIO

REAL RYDAZ ONLY RADIO INTERVIEW W/ J. RESSE

2023

“One Day” by Tyson Pete on J. Resse’s Show “Real Rydaz Only Radio

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SHOUTOUT LA

Meet Tyson Pete | Award Nominated Author, Celebrity Chef, Singer/ Songwriter and Life Coach

August 14, 2023

To create, keep creative control and freedom to express myself. I have the freedom to set my own rates, work my own hours, and determine my own vision behind what it is that I do. Being able to share my vision as I see it and to see my goals, hard work and dedication come to life. Sharing a piece of me with the world and leaving my mark on this earth has also been very important to me.

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INNERVIEW WITH ROY & MORGAN

Watch us LIVE on: Innerview Roy Morgan Feb. 3rd @8p Special guest: Tyson Pete

February 3rd, 2022

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BI- WRITERS ASSOCIATION
(bISEXUAL BOOK AWARDS)

Bi Writers Association

December 14th, 2017

Dirty Laundry: Confessions of a Married Bisexual Man is a candid, riveting, sexy, account of how a Married Bisexual Man's coming out saved his life and his marriage. He also, gives you an inside look into his relationships with his past lovers without their prior permissions or approvals. This book redefines our most dearly-held beliefs about sexualiy monogamy, authenticity, and what it truly means to love someone.
Names of bisexual/bi+ people or people in the bisexual ballpark: Tyson Pete.
Memoir/Biography

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THE CHICAGO SCHOOL

Authenticity & Self-Acceptance: Embracing Your True Self in Life and Career

October 11th, 2025

Conference held online.

In a world that often pressures us to conform, finding and embracing our authentic selves is the ultimate act of empowerment. Join award-nominated author and certified life coach Tyson Pete for an insightful and transformative program designed to help students confidently navigate their personal and professional paths. This engaging session will delve into the profound impact of authenticity and self-acceptance on overall well-being and career success.

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Award-Winning Author Tyson Pete Announces New Book Courageous Love: From Survival to Sanctuary – A National Call to Redefine Family Leadership, Safety, and Generational Healing

February 12th, 2026

At a time when parental burnout, mental health strain, and social polarization dominate national conversation, Courageous Love reframes the issue at its core: survival has become a lifestyle. The book argues that many families are not failing due to lack of love or effort, but because constant readiness, stress, and pressure have quietly replaced stability and rhythm.

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A League of His Own 

NOV/DEC 2016)

A defining early media feature spotlighting Tyson Pete’s journey, creative talent, growing influence, and determination to build a legacy entirely his own.

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An Award-Winning Voice in Modern Fatherhood

Tyson Pete gained national recognition through his groundbreaking book, Courageous Love: A Self-Help Guide for Gay Fathers, created to address a population too often missing from traditional parenting conversations.

The book earned the 2025 Regal Summit Book Award for Best Parenting Book, further establishing Tyson as an emerging voice in fatherhood, LGBTQ+ family advocacy, and personal development.

His literary work has since expanded into the broader Courageous Love collection, exploring healing, generational cycles, relationships, parenting, identity, accountability, purpose, and legacy.

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A Story Built for More Than Headlines

Tyson Pete’s story includes triumph, but it also includes struggle.

That distinction matters.

His public work does not attempt to package life into a perfect success story. Instead, Tyson speaks openly about growth, mistakes, responsibility, fatherhood, rebuilding, identity, healing, and the sometimes uncomfortable work required to become who you were meant to be.

That honesty has become the foundation of his platform.

He speaks not from a pedestal, but from experience.

And his message remains clear:

Your history deserves to be acknowledged, but it does not have to become the ceiling on your future.

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Press, Interviews & Media Requests

Members of the media, podcast producers, television and radio teams, journalists, event organizers, publishers, and collaborative partners are invited to connect with Tyson Pete for interviews, commentary, speaking opportunities, features, and partnerships.

 

Media Contact:
Tyson@TysonPete.com

 

Official Website:
TysonPete.com

 

P.R.O.U.D. Inc.:
ProudInc.org

Courageous Love Collective:
CourageousLoveCollective.com

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Follow the Story

The work is still unfolding.

From books and media to advocacy, education, coaching, food, music, and community leadership, Tyson Pete continues building a body of work centered around one enduring principle:

Courage is not simply surviving what happened. Courage is deciding what you will build because you survived it.

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Get In Touch

Let's Build
Legacy Together

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TYSON@TYSONPETE.COM

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Phone

(310) 387-7271

(213) 962-9323

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