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.
ARE WE BORN GAY?
And for gay upl, surrogacy mak that dream a realy. 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. 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.
DID A GAY COUPLE 'CELEBRATE THE WORLD'S FIRST ANAL BIRTH'?
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.