Gay family formed through egg donation and surrogacy.
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Building a family through surrogacy: One couple’s story by Charlsie Dewey
“We had a couple of straight friends who had used Dr. Brian Kaplan [physician at FCI] when they were having some fertility issues and highly recommended him,” Ashley said. “From the moment we met him, it was truly love. He makes you feel comfortable and he is just the sweetest man. I can’t say enough good things about him, truthfully.”"We had a couple of straight friends who had used Dr. Brian Kaplan [physician at FCI] when they were having some fertility issues and highly recommended him,” Ashley said. “From the moment we met him, it was truly love. He makes you feel comfortable and he is just the sweetest man. I can’t say enough good things about him, truthfully.”
Glad to be Gay Parents By Lena Corner
reprinted from The Independent With more same-sex celebrity couples proudly parading their children, is life getting easier for these unconventional set-ups? Over the past 50 years, we have seen a complete shift in what the model of the family looks like and it appears the rise of the gay family is a big part of…
Surrogacy for the Gay Man By Gail Sexton Anderson
Surrogacy has been in the news recently as a way for gay couples and singles to build their families.
In all cases when a surrogate is required, the surrogate is providing an essential piece of the complex puzzle of how a baby is created.
SAME-sex couples should be allowed to adopt children, a year-long parliamentary committee has found.
Presiding member Ian Hunter said that after months of hearing evidence from community groups and individuals, the committee had concluded that the law needed to change so that same-sex couples and their children were not treated as “second-class citizens”.
Building A Family A Struggle For Gays by Alison Bowen
Editorial note from Gail Sexton Anderson: This is why many Gay couples come to California to form their families via egg donor and gestational carrier. California has the most supportive laws for family building in the country. In California both Anthony’s and Gary’s names would have appeared on the birth certificate through a pre-birth order and neither of them would have been required to adopt their own child.
GLBT Family Building Primer by Gail Sexton Anderson
The first in a series of articles to help the GLBT community on planning for building non-traditional families and the options that are open to them.
LGBT Families: “What You Should Know About Fertility” by Ken Mosesian
Across virtually every demographic category, LGBT persons are embracing two of the most traditional institutions in the world, marriage and family, and demanding equality in both areas. The goal is not only equality on all fronts, but for the families that we form to be healthy. However, the information that supports the formation of healthy…
Absolutely No – As in Zero – Cases of Abuse Reported in Lesbian Families by Tom Henderson
re-print from ParentDish Millions of children are beaten or molested every day by their parents. However, those numbers are much lower among children being raised by lesbians. In fact, try zero. As in none. As in zip. As in fuggedaboutit. As in problem solved, let’s have some cake. That’s even more amazing when you consider…
What’s Good for the Kids By LISA BELKIN
reprint from The New York Times It has been apparent for a while now that we live in child-centric times. We approach parenting with a single-mindedness that baffles our own parents, and certainly their parents, who thought children should be seen and not heard. We think it’s just fine to put our kids ahead of…