California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation yesterday updating the definition of “infertility” to make it more inclusive of LGBTQ and single people, and requiring large insurers to cover the diagnosis and treatment of (in)fertility services, including in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Brian Rosenberg is on a very personal mission to help LGBTQ+ people build their families. When he was in his 20s and 30s, he said in an interview, “Gay men were not thinking about becoming parents because everyone who would have done it was dying, and many of us, like myself, have HIV, and so we weren’t planning for it.”
Backed by the authority of the venerable Mayo Clinic, two new guides on fertility and pregnancy are more LGBTQ inclusive than ever. Should LGBTQ prospective and new parents add them to their collections? Here are my reviews.
Queer parents and prospective parents can sometimes have a hard time finding support and community. Marea Goodman, a licensed midwife and queer parent, is hoping to make that easier with PregnantTogether, a growing virtual community for queer and solo parents and parents-to-be.
A new animated video series offers stories for kids who were conceived via various forms of donor conception, in a variety of family types! They cover topics like what donor conception is, what a donor sibling is, and how donor-conceived kids can respond to questions about their families. Watch the first episode here!
I started my family more than two decades ago via in vitro fertilization (IVF), and I’ve watched with growing alarm as the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that overturned federal abortion rights two years ago has also endangered access to this common fertility technique. Jennifer Klein, director of the White House Gender Policy Council, spoke with me about the threat and the Biden administration’s response.
Healthcare insurance giant Aetna has agreed to a settlement after improperly making LGBTQ policyholders pay more out of pocket than others for fertility services.
Infertility can come in many forms—but no matter how you encounter it as an LGBTQ person, here’s my updated list of resources to help, in honor of National Infertility Awareness Week.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced an expansion to in vitro fertilization (IVF) benefits for veterans that will mean more LGBTQ veterans (among others) have access to this treatment—but not all.
Starting or growing your family? Here are five absolutely terrific new and upcoming LGBTQ-inclusive picture books to consider: one that celebrates all the people involved in family creation; another that welcomes a new baby without gender labels; and three about children of queer parents getting new siblings.
