Kids of gay parents fare worse, study fds, but rearch draws fire om experts - CBS News

Contents:

• AFTER ORLANDO, 21 PHOTOS OF GAY DADS AND THEIR KIDS TO HELP YOU SE AGA
• 2 GAY ACH HELP GAY DADS NAVIGATE THEIR KIDS’ TERT SPORTS
• FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
• KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS
• PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
• HOW IS REBRANDG THE MORN FAY
• OPN: REPUBLINS ONCE WENT AFTER GAY UPL. NOW THEY’RE TARGETG LGBTQ KIDS
• GAY UPLE ADOPT BABY THEY FOUND ABANDONED A SUBWAY STATN
• MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI

AFTER ORLANDO, 21 PHOTOS OF GAY DADS AND THEIR KIDS TO HELP YOU SE AGA

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2 GAY ACH HELP GAY DADS NAVIGATE THEIR KIDS’ TERT SPORTS

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FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED

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Rearchg LGBTQ+ parents is a very plex task, but thankfully the Williams Instute at UCLA Law School is dog the work to form a more plete picture of the queer parentg muny, who we are, how we're formg our fai, and what supports we episo, host David Dodge talks to Williams Instute Rearch Director Kerh Conron about the reported rat of queer people the US, what is and is not know about gay parents, and why 's important for rearchers to better learn about and our kids. Cis and straight adoptive and foster parents, and why those numbers matter when to implementg tly reprentative more about beg a father as a gay/bi/trans man at and follow on social media @gays_wh_kidsThanks to this episo's sponsors, Mosie Baby, fd out more about at-home sematn ks at, and Ltle Spoon, go to and enter GWK50 for 50% off your first orr of anic baby, toddler and kid food.

KIDS OF GAY PARENTS FARE WORSE, STUDY FDS, BUT REARCH DRAWS FIRE OM EXPERTS

Havg kids former straight relatnships is one of the most mon ways gay, bi and trans men bee fathers. But what is not often discsed is jt what gay men go through when they e out to their wife and kids, how much strength tak for them to build a whole new life, and the joy that n exist after wounds have started to episo, hear an spiratnal story of rilience wh Nigel Sellens, a dad Atralia who me out as gay after he and his ex-wife had had six kids, the youngt of whom is a special needs child. While Nigel says g out when you’re already a dad is no easy feat, for him, havg his children durg that very difficult time of self-reflectn was actually his savg more about beg a father as a gay/bi/trans man at and follow on social media @gays_wh_kidsThanks to this episo's sponsors, Mosie Baby, fd out more about at-home sematn ks at, Ltle Spoon, go to and enter GWK50 for 50% off your first orr of anic baby, toddler and kid food, and Magic Spoon cereal, go to and e GWK for $5 off your orr.

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PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE

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HOW IS REBRANDG THE MORN FAY

After Orlando, 21 photos of gay dads and their kids to help you se agaThe Father's Day photos of gay dads and their fai show that love all 17, 2016, 9:47 PM UTC / Source: TODAYIt tak a special kd of mment for gay men to bee parents, which is one reason they serve to be celebrated this Father's Day. What's more, many gay upl adopt om the foster re system, helpg hard-to-place kids fd permanent honor the voted dads — and provi some uplift after the tragedy Orlando — we've llected 21 photos of thrivg fai om the webse Gays Wh Kids. The dads span the globe and show that love all if you really want to pull out the tissu, check out Gays Wh Kids' seri "Then and Now" about how some of the fai me to be!

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OPN: REPUBLINS ONCE WENT AFTER GAY UPL. NOW THEY’RE TARGETG LGBTQ KIDS

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. 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.

GAY UPLE ADOPT BABY THEY FOUND ABANDONED A SUBWAY STATN

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. As a gay person growg up a nservative environment, this was a challenge I thought about. 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.

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.

MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI

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. 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.