Lookg Back on Two Des of Helpg Gay Men Have Kids | HuffPost Voic

Contents:

• FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
• GAY CELEBRI WH KIDS. FAMO LGBT MOMS AND DADS
• GAY MEN: HOW TO HAVE A BLOGIL CHILD
• MY HBAND IS GAY BUT WE’RE MARRIED WH TWO KIDS AND HAVE GREAT SEX
• CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS
• LOOKG BACK ON TWO DES OF HELPG GAY MEN HAVE KIDS
• ‘WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE OK WH NOT HAVG CHILDREN’: HOW GAY PARENTHOOD THROUGH SURROGACY BEME A BATTLEGROUND
• IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED

Others may be ncerned that sgle men or gay male upl would have a harr time adoptg jt bee they are men, but this may not be te.

“For gay male sgl/upl, we have particularly easier the matchg procs, as there is no other mom 'replacg' the child’s birth mother and often get chosen quicker.

The procs tak about two years and sts around $200, 000 per child - and prospective gay fathers don't meet eligibily creria for most health surance plans' fertily benefs, although this is begng to change. Brent Monsr, MD, recently helped lead a study to document tails of how gay men e assisted reproductive technology to build their fai, cludg qutns such as how many children they wish to have and how often their efforts succeed.

GAY CELEBRI WH KIDS. FAMO LGBT MOMS AND DADS

Your paper giv historil ntext for how shiftg attus toward LGBTQ fai have changed the climate for gay men who want to bee fathers. There has been a lot of foc the scientific lerature on whether children turn out OK if they have gay parents. Why is important for the experienc of gay men seekg fertily re to be reflected the scientific lerature?

Cisgenr gay men are almost never clud this rearch, so as physicians we don't know anythg about their characteristics as reproductive health patients, even basic rmatn such as their mographics, clil cisn-makg patterns or out. That gave a wdow to a natnal group of 119 cisgenr men, cludg five sgle men and 57 gay upl, who uniquely had fertily benefs. It's important to keep md that our data reflect the experienc of dividuals who n afford reproductive medil re bee their employer-sponsored fertily benefs ver , and that is still an unual suatn for gay men.

GAY MEN: HOW TO HAVE A BLOGIL CHILD

This data served as the foundatn for a grant applitn we've jt had approved to nduct a much larger populatn study that will give accs to rmatn on about 2, 000 embryo transfers annually gay men. A lot of people see a fertily doctor bee they have an unrlyg medil issue, whereas gay male upl ually have two possible sperm sourc, a young egg donor and a gtatnal rrier who has already had succsful pregnanci.

I thk that, bee of the medil factors, birth rat for gay upl uld serve as a morn standard for evaluatg the succs of IVF labs. We regnize that this may be bee a lot of gay men requt tws or may ultimately want two children, and fertily doctors may be transferrg two embryos to try to save their patients money so they only have to go through the fertily treatment procs once. But we need to ask: Are we puttg gtatnal rriers at unnecsary risk om tw pregnanci, and puttg gay upl at unnecsary risk of havg babi the NICU?

Before I was an OB/GYN, I thought, "This is a health accs issue, and if gay men want tws we should rpect their tonomy. What do add to have physician-scientists like you, who are gay, answerg rearch qutns about this populatn of prospective parents? I'm currently a fellow, and I have patients g specifilly to see me, not bee I'm the most amazg doctor but bee I'm gay, and they want a gay doctor.

MY HBAND IS GAY BUT WE’RE MARRIED WH TWO KIDS AND HAVE GREAT SEX

”Hobgood and his hband are among an creasg number of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people the U. ”Fay Equaly polled 500 LGBTQ and 1, 004 non-LGBTQ adults, and found that the sire to bee parents is nearly intil among both lower- and higher-e lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people. ”The report outl the diverse array of optns now available to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people lookg to have children, and the sts associated wh them, which n range om ls than $300 for those g a known sperm donor to over $150, 000 for those pursug gtatnal female upl typilly rely on artificial sematn wh donated sperm to nceive children, which ually sts several thoand dollars and is not always vered by surance.

”Impact of ‘relig eedom’ adoptn lawsState laws that lim gay upl’ abily to adopt n make the procs even more difficult and stly, wh some prospective parents optg to relote to more LGBTQ-iendly stat to adopt or pursue fertily treatments.

CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS

This list ntas rmatn about celebri wh gay children and celebri wh transgenr children, loosely ranked by fame and populary. One famo actrs's dghter and mother are both Beatty and Ante Beng's son, Stephen, was born 1992 as Kathlyn, and is transgenr and gay. He lls himself "a trans man, a faggy queen, a homosexual, a queer, a nerd fighter, a wrer, an artist and a guy who needs a haircut.

LOOKG BACK ON TWO DES OF HELPG GAY MEN HAVE KIDS

Sheedy's mother is openly gay as of the celebri - such as Mia Farrow, Magic Johnson, and Marlon Wayans - are supportive of their gay kids.

‘WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE OK WH NOT HAVG CHILDREN’: HOW GAY PARENTHOOD THROUGH SURROGACY BEME A BATTLEGROUND

While she hasn't labeled herself gay or straight, she stead told Nylon, "You don’t have to label your sexualy; so many kids the days are not labelg their sexualy and I thk that’s so ol.

Photo: Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen / BravoDigner and Heirs Gloria Vanrbilt wrote a book wh her gay son, journalist Anrson Cooper, 2016, lled, The Rabow Com and Go: A Mother and Son Talk About Life, Love, and Loss. Vanrbilt - who had Cooper wh her fourth hband, Wyatt Emory Cooper - also told People  2016, "I hope you know that I am more than 'OK' wh ; I rejoice that you are gay!

IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

Ten narrative studi volvg fay histori of 262 children of gay fathers and lbian mothers were evaluated statistilly rponse to Morrison's (2007) ncerns about Cameron's (2006) rearch that had volved three narrative studi. Dpe numero attempts to bias the rults favour of the null hypothis and allowg for up to 20 (of 63, 32%) dg errors, Cameron's (2006) hypothis that gay and lbian parents would be more likely to have gay, lbian, bisexual or unsure (of sexual orientatn) sons and dghters was nfirmed. Percentag of children of gay and lbian parents who adopted non-heterosexual inti ranged between 16% and 57%, wh odds rats of 1.

Data om ethnographic sourc and om prev studi on gay and lbian parentg were re-examed and found to support the hypothis that social and parental fluenc may fluence the exprsn of non-heterosexual inti and/or behavur. Gay celebri beme moms and dads bee their hearts wanted children, which mak them some of the bt parents the world.