Recent Blog Posts: ART and Surrogacy

  • LGBTQ+ Paths to Pregnancy: Using a Known Donor
    If you're curious about family-building using a known sperm donor, maybe you're wondering how to co-parent with a platonic friend? Or how to ask someone to be your donor?
  • Video Cover - Celebrate passage of the Child-Parent Security Act
    Celebrating Passage of the Child-Parent Security Act in New York
    In April 2020 LGBTQ+ families in New York celebrated a significant win; a rare spark of good news amid the challenges posed by the Covid-19
  • Richie Jackson and Steve Disselhorst
    WATCH: Gay Dads Who Write: A Reading with Richie Jackson & Steve Disselhorst
    What does it mean to be a gay dad? Two talented writers, fathers, and change-makers—Richie Jackson and Steve Disselhorst—read excerpts from their books and share their thoughts on the LGBTQ+ community and parenting.
  • Trans Fertility 101
    WATCH: Trans Fertility & Family-Building 101
    Are you still thinking about fertility, even in the time of coronavirus diseare (COVID-19)? Why not keep learning about your body and what it's capable of!
  • Kim Bergman
    WATCH: COVID-19 Interrupted Our LGBTQ+ Family-Building Journey. Now What?
    We talked with LGBTQ+ family-building expert Dr. Kim Bergman this week to get some advice for LGBTQ+ parents-to-be whose path to parenthood has been interrupted by COVID-19.
  • Protecting Modern Families Coalition
    The Child-Parent Security Act in New York
    Table of Contents: What is the Child-Parent Security Act? Parentage Law and Surrogacy in New York State How Does the Child-Parent Security Act change New
  • Building LGBTQ Families Price of Parenthood Report
    Building LGBTQ+ Families: The Price of Parenthood
    Becoming a parent is expensive, regardless of who you are, where you live, or how many adults will be raising the child(ren). For LGBTQ+ people, that number can increase significantly because of the added cost of bringing a child into the family through adoption, foster care, or assisted reproductive technology.
  • Family Equality Sponsor Spotlight: CCRM Fertility
    Family Equality is thrilled to have the support of corporations who both serve our communities and elevate our work through their contributions to our organization.
  • Ohio LGBTQ Family Law Guide
    The Ohio LGBTQ Family Law Guide resource provides LGBTQ-headed families and LGBTQ adults considering forming families with detailed and accessible explanations of the current status
  • Family Equality Tells Trans Fertility Stories with HuffPost’s IVFML Podcast
    One of our great gifts at Family Equality is the opportunities we get to partner creatively with genius storytellers. In 2018, we got an email from Anna Almendrala, who, at the time, was a writer for HuffPost.
  • What Doesn’t Bend, Breaks: Resiliency Strategies for Trans Folks on Fertility Journeys
    "Your ultrasound technician called me by the wrong pronoun. She was lovely the rest of the time, but I'm sure you know that it's not acceptable for that to happen."
  • Trans Women and Fertility: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, and What You Can Do
    “Can I hold him?” she asks, tenuously extending her arms. “Of course!” I say, and gently place my 6-month-old baby in her tender grip. Her eyes flood with tears. “I just never thought someone like us could have a baby. And now… it’s too late for me.”