Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experienc wh g assisted reproductive technology to have children.
Contents:
- CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS
- ARE WE BORN GAY?
- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
- DID A GAY COUPLE 'CELEBRATE THE WORLD'S FIRST ANAL BIRTH'?
CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS
This is thanks large part to the growg number of adoptn and surrogacy optns available to gay upl today, pared to what was available a ago.
Other optns for gay upl clu adoptn and foster re. And for gay upl, surrogacy mak that dream a realy.
ARE WE BORN GAY?
However, is still not possible for a gay uple to have a child g DNA om both fathers. A gay or transgenr person’s optns for parentg clu:.
Or, let’s say we have a gay cisgenr uple, Alex and Zack. 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.
FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
Will our child grow up to be gay or straight? ) and adult homosexualy.
But on the other, he totally wrtl wh the image produced by the ia that one might be "born gay, " of a ltle male neonate appearg wh illy pk diapers and graspg a Barbie doll. Plörl pared self-clared homosexual or heterosexual inti adults to their memori of genr nformy childhood.
First, by ncentratg on the left si of the graphs, the rear n see that there is a segment of adult gay men who remember beg highly genr non-nformg as kids.
DID A GAY COUPLE 'CELEBRATE THE WORLD'S FIRST ANAL BIRTH'?
But there were a signifint number of genr-nformg men who, nohels, veloped a gay or bisexual inty adulthood. Maybe we n agree that the image evoked by "born gay"—that ltle girl neonate appearg wearg overalls and graspg a toy tck—do not help thk through qutns of sexual sire and inty.
But for gay men, this procs is plited and expensive. 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. As a gay person growg up a nservative environment, this was a challenge I thought about.