Gay Men: Negotiating Procreative, Father, and Family Identities

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Surrogacy, gay male couples and the significance of biogenetic paternity (2013, background): “This very “new millennium” family formation New Genetics and Society, 2013 Vol. 32, No. 1, 37–53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2012.735859 ∗Email: ddempsey@swin.edu.au # 2013 Taylor & Francis trend follows on from developments in the gay male communities in the UK and US (see Weeks et al. 2001”
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Families (2010, background): “…uses her own eggs), gestational surrogacy (the surrogate plays host to an embryo produced by in vitro fertilization), or coparenting with (most often) a lesbian woman or couple (e.g., Berkowitz & Marsiglio, 2007; Gianino, 2008; Johnson & O’Connor, 2002; Lewin, 2006; Mallon, 2004; Stacey, 2006).”
To Be a Parent: Issues in Family Formation among Gay and Lesbian Adults (2010, background): “Recent historical trends that seem to favor both family formation and openness about sexual identity among gay and lesbian individuals may influence these decisions (Berkowitz & Marsiglio, 2007).”
Gay Men Who Become Fathers via Surrogacy: The Transition to Parenthood (2010, background): “Similarly, in a study of the development of procreative consciousness among gay men (Berkowitz & Marsiglio, 2007), most participants viewed the coming-out process as linked with a belief that they will never become parents.”