Li and Xu fell love a untry where gay marriage and surrogacy are illegal. Their stggle – and succs – is part of a growg trend<br>
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FOUR YEARS, TWO NTENTS: A GAY CHE UPLE'S JOURNEY FOR A SURROGATE SON
Gay uple Beijg bee first to take advantage of new legal rights. Li and Xu, a gay uple who have been together sce 2007, would walk out of the airport, get married two days later Los Angel, and, more important, start their journey toward 2015 to 2018, Li and Xu ma four transpacific trips as part of their gtatnal surrogacy procs.
They traveled nearly 50, 000 , spent more than $200, 000, and went through untls days of distrs, all to fulfill the dream of havg their own creasg number of Che gay men, like Li and Xu, are travelg thoands of and spendg hundreds of thoands of dollars to pursue a dream that is impossible at home. Bee gay upl are not allowed to marry or adopt Cha, they started thkg about surrogacy.
Photograph: Courty Quiguang Li and Wei XuFor this story, I spoke to a dozen gay Che men who have begun or pleted surrogacy the Uned Stat.