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COVID-19 Pauses Family Building for Many LGBTQ People

March 27, 2020

Nina Willbach and her wife, a Philadelphia couple, have been trying to get pregnant since last June via assisted insemination. On March 13th, they were told that their most recent attempt didn’t work—and they couldn’t try again because COVID-19 had put a stop to “elective procedures” in Pennsylvania. “I know a lot of folks are going through much worse right now, but it feels like a big blow when every month counts and we’ve had this many no’s,” Willbach told me in an online message. They’re not the only ones to have family-making plans halted during the pandemic.

LGBTQ Parenting Roundup: The Last of 2019

December 30, 2019

I’ve already highlighted some of 2019’s key news events for LGBTQ parents, but here are a number of other stories from recent weeks to round out and round up the year. Pull up some hot cocoa (or break out the New Year’s bubbly early) and have a read!

Rainbow Dollars - Original photo: Sharon McCutcheon

Addressing the Unequal Costs of Queer Parenting

December 11, 2019

It’s not news that starting a family can be expensive for queer parents. Many of us have lived that. But a new report from Family Equality lays out the costs for different options; looks at how income variation among LGBTQ people impacts their choice of option; and offers suggestions for addressing the imbalances.

Another Two-Mom Couple Shares Gestation of Their Child

December 9, 2019

A U.K. couple has shared gestational duties in creating their child—the latest in a small but growing number of two-mom couples taking advantage of new technologies to do so. What does this mean for the future of queer family building?

“You Began as a Wish” Picture Book Explains Assisted Reproduction to Children

November 21, 2019

Kim Bergman wrote her new children’s picture book about assisted reproduction based on “what I’ve been telling parents for 30 years to tell their kids. It’s what I told my own kids.”

Designing a Better, LGBTQ-Inclusive, Speculum

November 14, 2019

Many of us have experienced them in our doctor’s office: a speculum is cold, awkward, and sometimes anxiety-producing and painful. A team of designers is working to improve both the speculum and the entire pelvic exam process, however, and to do so in a way inclusive of women, transgender men, and nonbinary patients who need them.

LGBTQ Parenting Roundup

October 21, 2019

A few bits from round and about that I haven’t covered elsewhere, including family vignettes, information on fertility and family formation, and a child of same-sex parents left “stateless” after three countries have refused or delayed granting her citizenship.

LGBTQ Parenting Roundup

August 13, 2019

Summer may sometimes feel like a slow time of year, but there’s still a lot happening in LGBTQ parenting news!

IVF Is 41 Today! Happy Birthday Louise Brown!

July 25, 2019

Today marks the 41st birthday of Louise Brown, the world’s first baby born after in vitro fertilization (IVF). My spouse and I also used IVF to have our son, now one of more than eight million other people created through the procedure, so here’s a big happy birthday to Louise Brown and gratitude for the progress she represents.

J.P. Morgan and Others Boost Fertility Benefits for LGBTQ Employees

July 1, 2019

Financial giant J.P. Morgan has announced it will soon offer expanded fertility benefits aimed at helping LGBTQ employees start or grow their families. Let’s take the opportunity, then, to look at what they and other companies are doing—or should be.