My mother, and my (gay) self.
Contents:
- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
- PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
- I TRIED TO STOP MY SON FROM BEG GAY. I WISH I HADN'T
- MATTHEW GONG, GAY MORMON, REFLECTS ON HIS JOURNEY OM NER WAR TO NER PEACE
- GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?
- MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON: 'HE CHANGED ME'
- DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
- GAY MEN AND THEIR FATHERS: HURT AND HEALG
FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
Judge Mathis’ son opened up to PRIDE about his journey to e out as gay. * have a gay son *
One of the breakout stars of Mathis Fay Matters was Judge Mathis’ olst son, Greg Mathis Jr., who would go on to e out as a gay man the seri. Am I gog to be publicly gay on the show, or is this somethg where we don’t talk about , or I have you on the show as a iend? Did make the cisn to be an out gay man on Mathis Fay Matters and did troduce Cooper as his boyiend.
Over the years, Magic and Cookie have been open about their rponsibili as parents — like when Magic told Ellen DeGener that he was "so happy" when their son EJ me out as gay.
PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experienc wh g assisted reproductive technology to have children. * have a gay son *
In 2014, EJ told PEOPLE that, although his parents "pretty much already knew" that he was gay, they were worried about the public's reactn. 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.
Your paper giv historil ntext for how shiftg attus toward LGBTQ fai have changed the climate for gay men who want to bee fathers.
I TRIED TO STOP MY SON FROM BEG GAY. I WISH I HADN'T
Parents of gay children may go through an adjtment perd when they fd out their child is gay, but there is support for parents of gay children. * have a gay son *
There has been a lot of foc the scientific lerature on whether children turn out OK if they have gay parents.
MATTHEW GONG, GAY MORMON, REFLECTS ON HIS JOURNEY OM NER WAR TO NER PEACE
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 favou … * have a gay son *
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.
GAY MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS: IS THERE A SPECIAL CLOSENS?
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Our paper ed data om one of the very few fertily benef pani that do offer fertily verage to gay men. 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.
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.
MAGIC JOHNSON ON LEARNG TO ACCEPT HIS GAY SON: 'HE CHANGED ME'
Ever sce same-sex marriage beme legal across the US, there has been a baby boom the gay muny – om New York Cy to Utah – as the touchg imag show * have a gay son *
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.
DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
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. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.
GAY MEN AND THEIR FATHERS: HURT AND HEALG
There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.