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Contents:
- THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
- ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
- GAY POLY THROUPLE MAK HISTORY, LISTS 3 DADS ON A BIRTH CERTIFITE
- DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
- CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS
- MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
- GAY DADS SHARE HOW THEY FEED THEIR BABI — AND WHY 'THERE SHOULD BE A MORE CLIVE APPROACH' TO THE BREASTFEEDG VS. FORMULA BATE
THREE SGLE, GAY DADS REFLECT ON FATHERHOOD, SURROGACY JOURNEYS
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NPR spoke to three men, sgle gay fathers, who chose to bee dads via surrogacy, after years of g to terms wh their inti, their fai, and the technologil advanc that have ma journeys like this possible.
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‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
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GAY POLY THROUPLE MAK HISTORY, LISTS 3 DADS ON A BIRTH CERTIFITE
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DAD AND DAD: A JOURNEY TO GAY FATHERHOOD – PICTUR
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CAN TWO MEN HAVE A BABY? GAY PARENTG OPTNS
Egg donatn and surrogacy allow two gay men to have children geilly related to one partner and the egg donor, but not to both. It’s been one of the tes of anti-gay activists for s: “Two men n’t have a blogil child, and two women n’t have one eher. ” For some anti-gay people, that seems to make the relatnships somehow wrong, as though any relatnship that n’t rult a child should somehow be forbidn.
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MOVG PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERS WH THEIR FAI ACROSS AMERI
Relig and nservative lears around the world still vehemently oppose same sex marriage and homosexual acts, let alone a gay uple havg a child of their own. Studi have shown this, and I have seen first hand the hundreds of gay fai om around the world who I’ve helped to nceive.
GAY DADS SHARE HOW THEY FEED THEIR BABI — AND WHY 'THERE SHOULD BE A MORE CLIVE APPROACH' TO THE BREASTFEEDG VS. FORMULA BATE
And has helped people—gay and straight, black and whe, Christian, Jews, and Buddhists—to bee parents. Read next: Italian Polician Looks to Highlight Gay Rights by Gettg Married Canada. A gay, polyamoro California throuple ma history 2017 when they beme the first fay the state to list three dads on a birth certifite.