Considering in vitro fertilization (IVF) but don’t know exactly how it works? Want to explain it to your kids? Here’s a great video from TED-Ed that will help. “How in vitro fertilization (IVF) works,” by Nassim Assefi and Brian A. Levine, uses soothing and simple animations to show us the cycles of producing egg and sperm, how
This week’s must-read is New York magazine’s story of a lesbian couple’s simultaneous pregnancies—but they’re far from the first two-mom couple to do this.
Two court cases show us why some same-sex parents are struggling for recognition both outside of and within the LGBTQ community.
Women who find sperm donors through informal, online channels tend to prefer ones who are “more intellectual, shy and systematic,” concludes a new study.
It’s National Adoption Day, so I’m celebrating by sharing a baker’s dozen of books about LGBTQ parents and adoption–children’s books, memoirs, and social science studies.
November is National Adoption Month, so here’s my revised list of resources for LGBTQ people considering adoption.
In an appalling move, Utah Juvenile Court Judge Scott Johansen ordered a foster child removed from the home of a married two-woman couple, saying the child would be better off with heterosexual parent.
Continuing this week’s theme of pregnancy on the masculine side of the gender spectrum, let’s ask: What does the discerning yet pregnant butch or otherwise masculine-identified person wear?
A new article in a mainstream medical journal says that many transgender men who want to bear children often face barriers because of healthcare professionals’ lack of training—and it offers some guidance to correct that.
Nonbiological moms: Have you attended prenatal genetic counseling as part of your pregnant partner’s care? Help people to better understand your experience and how best to support other two-mom couples going through the process.
