Gay dad Sam Everingham is a leading expert and advisor on international surrogacy. In preparation for the upcoming Growing Families seminars aimed at intended parents in the UK and Ireland, he explores the lay of the land now were in a worldwide pandemic "For gay couples and singles desiring family, surrogacy is becoming increasingly common.…
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Egg Donor and surrogate seminars
Families Through Surrogacy's UK and Ireland March 2019 Seminar series in London, Dublin and Manchester provide unbiased advice and insight from parents and professionals. They focus on the needs of parents, intended surrogates and egg donors, and provide introductions to legal, counselling and healthcare practitioners. Attendees will be educated on surrogacy best practice in the…
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Copy of Surrogacy Conference Dublin
This one day event run by Families Through Surrogacy is aimed at intended parts - gay, straight, couples and those who are single. The Dublin conference focuses on parent and surrogate feedback, as well as expert sessions on the medical, legal, logistics and psychological considerations of surrogacy in the UK and the USA. Sessions also…
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Surrogacy Conference for Intended Parent
Families Through Surrogacy host their annual UK conference for intended parents in London aimed at gay couples, single gay men as well as heterosexual couples looking to access surrogacy. This one-day event focuses on parent and surrogate feedback, sessions from experts looking at the medical, legal and physical logistics as well as the psychological considerations…
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Othermotherhood
Finn Mackay is a feminist activist who doesn’t fit into society’s assumed gender codes. Her partner carried and gave birth to their son, now almost 2 years old. In her guest blog Finn explores her experience of motherhood as a lesbian parent Finn’s blog: finnmackay.wordpress.com It took me over three months to be able to…
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Creating families through surrogacy – gay style
Starting a family via surrogacy has become increasingly common amongst gay men, despite constant changes in rules affecting availability in other countries. When Thailand, India, Nepal & Cambodia all froze access to surrogacy for foreigners, many gay men were left with embryos stranded. Meanwhile, providers in the USA, Canada and South East Asia have stepped…
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Calling all kinds of loving families
It should be a fact of life for every child – a loving family and a safe home where they can grow up happy and content. Unfortunately, more than 2,000 children across the UK are currently awaiting adoption, still hoping for that security and permanency in their lives. For older children, sibling groups, children with…
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Proud 2 Be
Mat and Jon Price, 30, are identical twins and both gay. Their childhood in a rural village near Birmingham was not filled with positive messages about homosexuality. This experience led them to set up the Proud 2 Be project in 2011, an online campaign supporting LGBT people to be proud of who they are. A…
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Day of Silence
The Day of Silence is a student-led national event that brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. Students from middle school to college take a vow of silence in an effort to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior by illustrating the silencing effect of bullying and harassment…
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The rewards of becoming a foster carer
Being a foster carer can be a challenging job, but the rewards are varied and quite personal. Some foster carers find it so fulfilling, they foster many children throughout a long fostering career. Here are some of the positive benefits of being a foster carer. Positively change a child’s life You’re providing a foster child…
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