Author and psychologist JoAnn Deak, PhD, answers all your qutns about if your child n be gay om birth. Watch this vio to learn everythg you need to know about your child's sexual orientatn.
Contents:
- ARE WE BORN GAY?
- FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
- CAN A CHILD BE GAY OM BIRTH?
- WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT BEG BORN GAY?
- IS A PERSON ‘BORN GAY’, OR IS BEG GAY A LEARNED BEHAVR?
- IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
- ‘THIS BABY WAS MEANT TO BE OURS’: A GAY UPLE’S JOURNEY TO BEE PARENTS
ARE WE BORN GAY?
Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experienc wh g assisted reproductive technology to have children. * a gay baby was born *
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FOR GAY MEN, HAVG A BLOGIL CHILD N BE PLITED
* a gay baby was born *
It’s not pletely known why someone might be lbian, gay, straight, or bisexual.
You also n’t “turn” a person gay.
CAN A CHILD BE GAY OM BIRTH?
For example, exposg a boy to toys tradnally ma for girls, such as dolls, won’t e him to be gay.
WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT BEG BORN GAY?
Many people say that they knew they were lbian, gay, or bisexual even before puberty. ” Many people, cludg sex rearchers and scientists, believe that sexual orientatn is like a sle wh entirely gay on one end and entirely straight on the other.
LGBTQ stands for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, and Queer/Qutng. Sexual inty is how you label yourself (for example, g labels such as queer, gay, lbian, straight, or bisexual).
Some people may engage same genr sexual behavr but not intify themselv as bisexual, lbian, or gay.
IS A PERSON ‘BORN GAY’, OR IS BEG GAY A LEARNED BEHAVR?
5% intify as lbian, gay, or bisexual. 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.
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
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... 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.
‘THIS BABY WAS MEANT TO BE OURS’: A GAY UPLE’S JOURNEY TO BEE 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?