Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experienc wh g assisted reproductive technology to have children.
Contents:
- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
- HOW GAY SEX N PRODUCE OFFSPRG
- WHY GAYS DON’T GO EXTCT
- THE END OF GAYS: GAY MARRIAGE AND THE DECLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL POPULATN
FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
* can gay reproduce *
In theory, humans and other animals who are exclively attracted to others of the same sex should be unlikely to produce many blogil children, so any gen that predispose people to homosexualy would rarely be passed on to future generatns.
HOW GAY SEX N PRODUCE OFFSPRG
Motivatns for parenthood are the same for same-sex upl and heterosexual upl alike. However, achievg the goal of parenthood n be a much greater enavor medilly and psychologilly for same-sex upl. Fertily treatment centers creasgly regnize issu unique to gay men and wo … * can gay reproduce *
Yet same-sex attractn is wispread humans, and rearch suggts that is partly a study of data om hundreds of thoands of people, rearchers have now intified geic patterns that uld be associated wh homosexual behavur, and showed how the might also help people to fd different-sex mat, and reproduce.
Most of the participants were born durg a time when homosexualy was eher illegal or culturally taboo their untri, so many people who were attracted to others of the same sex might never have actually acted on their attractn, and uld therefore have end up the wrong group the Monk, an elogist and evolutnary blogist at Yale Universy New Haven, Connecticut, thks that the veats are so important that the paper n’t draw any real nclns about geics and sexual orientatn. Instead, he thks the rearchers have found geic markers associated wh openns to new experienc, which uld expla the overlap between people who have had a homosexual partner and heterosexual people who have had many partners. 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.
WHY GAYS DON’T GO EXTCT
More and more people believe that gay sexualy is heredary - but how do this ia f wh natural selectn? * can gay reproduce *
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. 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.
THE END OF GAYS: GAY MARRIAGE AND THE DECLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL POPULATN
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.