Want to learn more about queer family building options? About how to protect and nurture your queer family? Or how to support queer families as a health care or social work professional? Tune in tomorrow and Wednesday to Together, a virtual conference, to hear from experts, advocates, and care providers, all while building community and connections.
My spouse and I started our path to parenthood via reciprocal IVF (my egg, her womb) in 2002—so I was surprised to find numerous places online saying that RIVF was created in 2007 or even later. For LGBTQ History Month, I dug into RIVF’s real history, going back more than 30 years.
For LGBTQ History Month, I spoke with Margaret Mooney, editor of a new anthology of essays by lesbian mothers who raised children in the 1980s, 90s, and early 2000s. The book not only sheds light on the past, but also offers wisdom for today.
Starting a family is always a momentous decision. Doing so as an LGBTQ person often means additional complexities and considerations, especially at a time when our rights and identities are under attack. For those considering parenthood or newly decided on it, here are three things I would emphasize right now.
The Republican governor of Vermont, Phil Scott, signed a bill May 22 that will make it easier for nongestational LGBTQ parents to confirm their legal parentage via adoption, without burdensome and unnecessary requirements.
One person died and another was injured yesterday when a car bomb exploded in the parking lot of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California. The clinic will continue its services, however, and asserted, “From adversity, we choose hope.”
Donor-conceived adult children of lesbian parents showed psychological resilience, regardless of the type of donor or their contact with them, according to new research from the longest-running study of lesbian-headed families. This result “challenges assumptions about donor-related effects on adjustment,” the researchers say.
Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson and her wife, Becky George, yesterday announced the arrival of their second child, Nina, and vowed to keep fighting for her future and those of all LGBTQ+ families and kids.
U.S. Representative Angie Craig (D-MN), the first out lesbian mom—and grandmother—in Congress, announced her campaign for Senate Tuesday and cited her legal struggle to be a parent as evidence of her ability to fight despite long odds.
Infertility can come in different forms, both medical and social—but no matter how you may encounter it as an LGBTQ person, there are resources that can help. Here’s my latest list of websites, guides, memoirs, and more, in honor of National Infertility Awareness Week.
