Geic rearch is advancg to the day when gay upl uld fulfill their dreams of havg children related to them both.
Contents:
- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
- MORE GAY MEN CHOOSE SURROGACY TO HAVE CHILDREN
- PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
- ‘WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE OK WH NOT HAVG CHILDREN’: HOW GAY PARENTHOOD THROUGH SURROGACY BEME A BATTLEGROUND
FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experienc wh g assisted reproductive technology to have children. * how gay have child *
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. 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.
MORE GAY MEN CHOOSE SURROGACY TO HAVE CHILDREN
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. * how gay have child *
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.
PARENTS OF GAY CHILDREN AND THE ISSU THEY FACE
In New York, a gay uple fightg to make their surers pay for fertily treatment have found themselv the middle of a culture war. What happens when the right to parenthood volv someone else’s body? * how gay have child *
As a gay person growg up a nservative environment, this was a challenge I thought about. I asked them how I uld start a fay as a gay man.
We don't take re of gay men...
‘WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE OK WH NOT HAVG CHILDREN’: HOW GAY PARENTHOOD THROUGH SURROGACY BEME A BATTLEGROUND
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.
A gay uple New York State recently sued, sayg those creria are discrimatory.
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.