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 …
Contents:
- REPRODUCTIVE OPTNS FOR GAY COUPL AND SGLE MEN
- THE END OF GAYS: GAY MARRIAGE AND THE DECLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL POPULATN
- PRECISELY WHAT BREEDG REQUIR – CROWNG TIPS GUI FOR GAY BOYS
- HOW GAY SEX N PRODUCE OFFSPRG
REPRODUCTIVE OPTNS FOR GAY COUPL AND SGLE MEN
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. 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.
The thors say their fdgs, published on 23 Augt Nature Human Behavur1, uld help to expla why gen that predispose people to homosexualy ntue to be passed down. None of the variatns seemed to greatly affect sexual behavur on s own, backg up prev rearch that has found no sign of a ‘gay gene’. 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 END OF GAYS: GAY MARRIAGE AND THE DECLE OF THE HOMOSEXUAL POPULATN
And he adms that g a sgle homosexual experience as an ditn of sexual orientatn isn’t ial, but says that the UK Bbank didn’t provi data on attractn. This review provis an overview of the historil signifince of assisted reproductn for gay men and women, discs current reproductive optns for same-sex upl, addrs psychosocial nsiratns unique to the upl, and reviews the current lerature addrsg medil and psychosocial aspects of same-sex reproductn.
The batn of gay/lbian self-termatn and mountg public acceptance of same-sex unns has led the dividuals and upl to creasgly seek parenthood through assisted reproductn. Recent studi scribe relatnship satisfactn gay upl after assisted reproductn and more posive functng and ls strs associated wh parenthood when pared wh heterosexual parents. Instead, most gay upl e a donor egg and a gtatnal rrier, or surrogate, who uld be a iend, fay member, or a woman the uple fd through an agency.
PRECISELY WHAT BREEDG REQUIR – CROWNG TIPS GUI FOR GAY BOYS
Two s ago, many gay upl had to pretty much fo havg their own children bee fertily optns weren’t available to them. Clics the Midwt and South were ls likely to be clive than were clics the Northeast and a clic that’s experienced the procr lbian and gay upl e to nceive is important. Insurance verage often don’t kick until a uple has had unprotected sex for at least 12 months whout nceivg, which leav out gay and lbian upl.
HOW GAY SEX N PRODUCE OFFSPRG
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. Today, the ongog advancement and creasg availabily of assisted reproductive technologi (ART) make possible for gay upl and sgle men to have blogil children of their own, g many of the same cuttg-edge techniqu that have helped fertile heterosexual upl bee parents for s.