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Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Thursday, April 4th, 2013
Joan Rivers holding sign supporting LGBT rights in Israel Photo: Toni Tripoli, courtesy awiderbridge.org Iconic comedienne and Jewish US television personality Joan Rivers recently took a break from dishing out scathing fashion advice to lend her support to an Israeli gay couple struggling to have a child via surrogacy.
The gay icon joined a whole host of Israeli celebrities who responded to a YouTube video that went viral in Israel, depicting the emotional story of Yuval and Liran, an Israeli couple who were trying receive donations and raise awareness about surrogacy for the LGBT community in Israel
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Friday, March 22nd, 2013
The UK could be the first country to allow IVF babies to be created using DNA from three people.
This is currently illegal, but a UK fertility watchdog is lobbying health secretary Jeremy Hunt to lift the ban in order to stop a genetic defect.
Despite fears of ‘genetic engineering’ from some quarters, The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has told the government there is no evidence three-person IVF is unsafe.
Lifting the ban would allow people with genetic mitochondiral disorders the hope of having a family.
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Tags: egg donation agency, IVF, parents via egg donation, third party reproduction, trying to conceive
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Friday, January 4th, 2013
Opponents to gay marriage in Washington state are launching another fight; this time to tamp down on gay couples’ ability to have children.
An effort to introduce paid surrogacy is being considered in the legislature for 2013. The proposed law would overturn current policy that restricts compensation for surrogates only to the direct costs of pregnancy, delivery, and for legal bills.
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Tags: Gay Parenting, LGBT parenting, Men having babies, Surrogate Mother, trying to conceive
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Sunday, December 9th, 2012
Norway: While loyal subjects in Britain celebrated a royal pregnancy, across the North Sea, in Norway, a very different kind of crown princess was being celebrated for her own brush with uterine politics. Princess Mette-Marit’s trip to India, posing as a nanny to care for the newborn surrogate twins of a gay courtier and his husband, has landed her in a very Norwegian royal row involving birth, morality, exploitation and what it means to be a parent.
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Tags: Gay Parenting, Men having babies, surrogacy, Surrogacy. surrogate mother, Surrogate Mother, third party reproduction, trying to conceive
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Thursday, November 15th, 2012
The Pitch Perfect star and her husband of nine years, Max Handelman, welcomed their second child recently via surrogate, Banks announced on her website Nov. 14.
As 2012 winds down and Thanksgiving approaches, I have much for which to be thankful — personal, professional and Presidential,” Banks, 38, writes. “However, nothing can match the joy and excitement my husband and I felt when we recently welcomed our second baby boy, Magnus Mitchell Handelman.
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Tags: surrogacy, surrogacy agency, Surrogacy. surrogate mother, Surrogate Mother Matches, third party reproduction
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
A Texas couple hope the auction of a one-of-a-kind football card will fund a final attempt at in vitro fertilization, a goal that the NFL Hall of Famer on the card fully supports.
Todd and Ula Nelkin of Houston have been trying to have a baby for several years. When they were unable to conceive naturally, they turned to IVF, but suffered two failed attempts.
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Tags: Egg Donation, fertility, Fertility SOURCE companies, IVF, third party reproduction, trying to conceive
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
For the first time, scientists have not only succeeded in making eggs, but using them in IVF to produce healthy young.
Experts describe the work as incredible and point out that the baby mice born as a result of the experiment went on to have pups of their own.
The breakthrough, from researchers who have already made sperm in a test-tube, could eventually allow women left infertile by treatment for cancer or by premature menopause ‘grow’ new eggs.
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
abies were on everyone’s mind on Sunday night’s Season 7 finale of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Fans of the show were finally able to witness the birth of baby Penelope Disick, whom Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to back in July, and Khloe visited a fertility specialist to find out why she’s been unable to get pregnant.
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
The portrayal of gay families and surrogates is a touchy issue. While gay families definitely aren’t new, the discussion and portrayal of them in mainstream media is just starting to hit its stride. As with any budding forum, the fewer the voices the louder each one of them rings and the more clout they hold. So it’s understandable that those that are living embodiments of the subject matter would have some strong opinions about how gracefully the discussion is starting to take shape.
I came across this article on OUT.com entitled: “What’s Wrong with the New Normal.” While it had a couple of biting lines, including a call for “less kitsch and more class,” I thought it was well thought out, held space for other’s opinions, referenced the author’s ownership over a singular opinion (that seemed to come from the heart), and was generally… well… classy. The tone of the article also seemed to offer structure for those commenting to respond with their opinions in a similar way. The comments were overwhelmingly respectful and held a, “I get that/don’t get that, but here’s what I think” vibe. I thought this article and the comments to it were great examples of how we can hold thoughtful safe space for each other, even when the other holds a point of fervent disagreement.
So what are YOUR thoughts on how accurately the “New Normal” portrays the “new normal”?
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Traci Medeiros-Bagan
FSC|Third Party Reproduction LGBT Coordinator
As an ardent musical fan who was sorely disappointed with the pilot episode of Glee but over time fell in love with how the show created serious discussion space that was simultaneously colorful, campy, and courageous, Traci is holding out that the kitsch of The New Normal may pull you in but that the heartfelt class is on its way.
Tags: LGBT parenting, Out magazine, Out.com, Portrayal of Gay Families, surrogacy, The New Normal
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