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Family Building | Gay Parents To Be News

By: Gay Parenting Team
February 8th, 2017

Join Gay Parents To Be and Family Equality Council for an evening at Trumbull Kitchen to discover your family building options and join others who are thinking about starting a family. WHEN: Tuesday, March 7th, 6–8pm 6:00 PM Meet & Greet 6:30 PM Family Building Presentation 7:30 PM Q&A WHERE: Trumbull Kitchen 150 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103 Save Your Spot

Gay Parents To Be News

By: Gay Parenting Team
February 3rd, 2017

All people in the LGBTQ community deserve to be able to build their families safely and with the best, most effective treatment possible. Right now, those rights are under attack, not just on a state level but now on a federal level.

Gay Parents To Be News

By: Gay Parenting Team
January 16th, 2017

Building a biologically-related family for a single gay male or gay couple is a complicated series of decisions, involving many you'd never think you'd have to make. One of the most important decisions on your journey is choosing and matching with a gestational surrogate.

Family Building | Gay Parents To Be News

By: Gay Parenting Team
January 16th, 2017

Dr. Mark P. Leondires, medical director of Gay Parents To Be, will be scheduling complimentary consultations for gay couples or single gay men who want to learn more about their family building options this January.

Gay Parenting | Gay Parents To Be News

By: Dr. Mark P. Leondires
December 29th, 2016

Here I am, sitting by the fire by myself. Around me, my three-year-old is singing jingle bells continuously at the bottom of the steps. My husband is drawing with my five-year-old. We just finished hosting a dinner with twenty family members, new and old, and now everyone has gone home.

Gay Parents To Be News

By: Gay Parenting Team
December 22nd, 2016

'Tis the season for giving. And receiving. And looking forward and looking back. 2016 was a momentous year, full of advances and setbacks. Together, we stand strong, and now it's more important than ever.

Gay Parents To Be News

By: Gay Parenting Team
December 14th, 2016

Gay Parents To Be is an LGBT family building resource for medical, legal, and sperm donor services. For lesbians starting out on a family building journey, many questions arise. We are here to help provide answers and solutions as your family building center…

Family Building | Gay Surrogacy

By: Jeff Levin
December 12th, 2016

You've decided to move ahead with creating your family by working with a gestational carrier. A gestational carrier or gestational surrogate is a woman who has a previously created embryo (using an egg donor and intended parent’s sperm) transferred into her uterus, becomes pregnant, and then carries through birth.

Family Building

By: Lisa Rosenthal
November 24th, 2016

Gay Parents To Be shares their thoughts for a Happy Thanksgiving. From our family to yours.

Family Building | Gay Parents To Be News

By: Gay Parenting Team
October 25th, 2016

Dr. Mark P. Leondires, medical director of Gay Parents To Be, will be scheduling complimentary consultations for gay couples or single gay men who want to learn more about their family building options this November.

Gay Parents To Be News

By: Gay Parenting Team
October 18th, 2016

We have an election coming up—less than a month away. While there's been conversation and coverage indicating that we don't have one responsible or reasonable candidate to vote for, this couldn't be farther from the truth. Even with less than a very careful look, these two major party candidates are not equals; there are major differences in their political stances and the way in which they comport themselves.

Gay Parents To Be News

By: Dr. Mark P. Leondires
October 10th, 2016

I had the privilege of participating in the Men Having Babies event in Brussels, Belgium last week. This event was inspiring to me. In spite of the many obstacles to family building in place for male couples in Europe, there were more than 200 men there. In fact, the event was completely sold out.