Elton John And David Furnish Fear Son Will Be 'Stigmatised' For Having Gay Dads

Elton John and his partner David Furnish have revealed that they fear their son will be "stigmatised" for having two gay dads.

The pair, who became parents to Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John was born on Christmas Day 2010 (December 25) via a surrogate mother, said they have sought out advice from counsellors.

David Furnish told Attitude magazine, "I think he's going to have a lot of attention thrust upon him. He's going to be potentially doubly stigmatised, because one of his parents is extremely famous and because he comes from two dads.

"We've taken advice from counsellors. We've put a whole scrapbook together about his creation, the people who were involved in the process and how the intent was about love. We're going to raise him to be proud of who he is."

In 2009, Sir Elton and Furnish unsuccessfully attempted to adopt a Ukrainian orphan after the singer was deemed too old.