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.

GAY CELEBRI WH KIDS. FAMO LGBT MOMS AND DADS

“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 MEN: HOW TO HAVE A BLOGIL CHILD

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.

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

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.

CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS

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.

LOOKG BACK ON TWO DES OF HELPG GAY MEN HAVE KIDS

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?

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

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.

”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.

IS YOUR CHILD GAY?

”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. 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. 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.