
SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 — SEPTEMBER 22, 2026
TWENTY YEARS A FATHER
The Courageous Love Legacy Celebrating 20 Years of Fatherhood Through Healing, Hope and Legacy
On September 22, 2006, Tyson Pete became a father. On September 22, 2026—twenty years to the day—he will mark that milestone with the special release of the remaining Courageous Love collection. This is the reason for the release. Not an arbitrary publishing date. Not simply another launch. It is a twenty-year story coming full circle.

WHY SEPTEMBER 22?
Before Courageous Love was a title, fatherhood was teaching its lessons. How do you protect a child without parenting entirely from fear? How do you give emotional language you may not have received yourself? How do you preserve traditions while ending unhealthy cycles? How do you apologize when parenting gets messy? How do you heal yourself without asking your children to carry the weight? How do you create memories strong enough to become family history? Those questions did not arrive all at once. They came through years of living. That is why September 22 matters. The Courageous Love collection is inseparable from Tyson's journey as a father. 15 And twenty years after the journey began, the remaining books come home together.

A DECADE OF STORIES. TWENTY YEARS OF FATHERHOOD. A LEGACY BUILT FOR WHAT COMES NEXT.
The September 22 celebration also honors Tyson's earlier body of work through anniversary editions and reintroductions alongside the expanding Courageous Love collection. Some stories document where he was. Courageous Love represents what he learned. The legacy is everything he is building from both.

THE COURAGEOUS LOVE COLLECTION
Courageous Love:
A Self-Help Guide for Gay Fathers
A practical and affirming guide written directly for gay fathers navigating identity, parenting, relationships, belonging and family
Fatherhood
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Healing
Courageous Love:
Healing The Wounds They Couldn't See
Understanding the experiences that shaped us so they no longer quietly control the person we are becoming.
Courageous Love:
The Apology We May Never Get Healing
when closure, accountability or the apology we deserved may never arrive.
2
Courageous Love:
Parenting the Child Beside You, While Healing the Child Within
Learning to distinguish the needs of the child in front of us from the unresolved experiences of the child we once were.
Courageous Love:
Before You Call It Discipline, Check Your Wounds
Examining how fear, shame, anger and inherited parenting patterns can disguise themselves as discipline.
Courageous Love:
Breaking Cycles, Building Futures, and Raising With Strength
Turning awareness into new patterns that children can eventually carry forward.
Parenting & Breaking Cycles
3
Courageous Love:
The Language We Weren't Taught
Building the emotional vocabulary needed to communicate honestly, repair relationships and create healthier homes
Communication & Emotional Language
4

Courageous Love:
A Self-Help Guide for 2STLGBTQIA+ Families
A broader family-centered resource supporting diverse families as they build belonging, connection and resilience.
Courageous Love:
Our Family, Our Way
A hands-on family guide to traditions, memories, relationships, food, activities, conversations and building a home that reflects the people living inside it.
Identity, Inclusion & Family
5
Transformation & Legacy
Courageous Love:
From Survival to Sanctuary
Moving from simply enduring life to creating emotional safety, stability and peace.
Courageous Love:
Turning Pain Into Purpose & Purpose Into Legacy
Transforming painful experiences into wisdom, direction, responsibility and meaningful work.
Courageous Love:
Breaking the Chains That Held Us Down
Recognizing the beliefs, relationships and patterns that keep a life tied to what it has outgrown.
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THE ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION
On September 22, 2026, the remaining Courageous Love titles will join the broader collection as part of Twenty Years A Father: The Courageous Love Legacy.
This collection is not intended to tell people how to create perfect families.
Perfect families do not exist.
It is built for something more useful:
Families willing to communicate.
Parents willing to learn.
Adults willing to examine themselves.
People willing to repair.
And generations willing to build differently.

THE FATHERHOOD TIMELINE


FOR MEDIA
Why This Story Matters
Twenty years of fatherhood. An award-winning parenting book created specifically for gay fathers. A growing collection addressing generational healing and family relationships. A nonprofit organization supporting gay fathers and LGBTQ+ families. 19 An independent LGBTQ+ publication. And one father turning two decades of lived experience into resources intended for the generation coming next.

