Senate Bill 729
Exciting, news! Our IVF insurance bill, SB 729, passed the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday. This is the farthest our bill has ever advanced, and it would not have happened
May 18, 2023
Category: Family Formation
We can and must defeat this anti-LGBTQ family amendment
Every week we are faced with another gratuitous challenge to the gains LGBTQ people and our families had so recently made, or an affront to
July 14, 2018
“You’ll get there together”: Jimmie and Marco’s Surrogacy Journey
Over the cooing sounds of their three-month-old baby, we recently spoke with new dads Jimmie and Marco Chavez-Lopéz. Their journey to fatherhood has included two very
January 11, 2018
Solo Parent Support
By Dr. Meghan Lewis As my bio-clock struck thirty, the resounding tick-tock of surging pregnancy urges pushed me eagerly into musings over a wide range
July 20, 2015
The Rainbow Letters
by Julia Winston and Zach Wahls We are Zach and Julia, and we have LGBTQ parents. Zach is a DI baby from Iowa with two
February 25, 2015
Men Having Babies San Francisco 2015: A look inside the Bay Area’s largest Gay Surrogacy Conference
By Sam Chally, NWSC Also posted on NWSC Blog Wow! Over 160 future gay dads showed up for the 2015 San Francisco Men Having Babies
January 14, 2015
Our Family Forest
by Anthony M. Brown, Board Chairman of Men Having Babies When my daughter documented her family tree for a class project, there were so many
December 16, 2014
Groundbreaking Law Would Make It Easier For LGBT Couples To Start A Family
When Judy Appel and her partner of 22 years, Alison Bernstein, wanted to have children, the state of California didn’t make it easy. Bernstein gave
May 28, 2014
Mignon And Elaine’s Story From The Let Love Define Family Series
Originally published on the Huffington Post Gay Voices Long before Mignon R. Moore, 43, and Elaine Harley, 44, of Los Angeles considered raising a child,
May 7, 2014
The Entrustment Ceremony – Creating meaningful ritual in open adoption
By Leah Sheldon Originally Published by Adoption Connection Rituals have always been used to signify a change or rite of passage, or to mark a
April 24, 2014
Two men and a baby: Navigating parenting and partnership in a two-dad family
By KALW reporter Jen Chien When Amos and Mickey Lim met in 1995, they had no idea they would someday have a daughter together. It
February 3, 2014
Trust & Fear of the Unknown in Adoption
This is the happy story of a new family being born through unexpected circumstances and an almost magical lining up of the stars. Little did
November 28, 2013
