26/04/13 17:26
Men Having Babies and the
JCC in Manhattan are proud to join forces to produce the 9th annual Men Having Babies Surrogacy Seminar and Gay Parenting Expo! It will take place on October 6th, 2013, at the JCC's facilities on Manhattan's upper west side. Following the successful format of previous conferences in NY, Los Angeles, Barcelona and Tel Aviv, the upcoming seminar and expo will bring under one roof experts, parents and surrogates who will share their experiences, and representatives of leading clinics and surrogacy agencies from around the USA and beyond.
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Reserch | Europe | parentsAs previously reported, new surrogacy dads are now wanted for an unprecedented study of new parents in the UK, France, and the Netherlands. The 3 year study will focus on male couples who became parents through surrogacy, compared with groups made of heterosexual surrogacy parents and lesbian headed families who were aided by donor insemination.
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Workshops | NYWe encourage members of our network to take advantage of services offered by
Family Q, a ground-breaking NY program of the Institute of Human Identity (ihi). Among these services are support groups, workshops and family therapy for gay parents and prospective parents. Our members will be eligible for free follow-up counseling sessions if they either attend Family Q’s workshop or one of ours. (see details below).
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19/02/13 16:28 Categories:
Seminars | communityWith the enthusiastic and hard working team of the Tel Aviv Gay center as a partner, Men Having Babies has produced its most elaborate and well attended conference yet! The three-day extended-format conference attracted about 200 intended parents from around Israel (and several couples from Italy and Germany), dozens of parents who came with their children for a surrogacy family reunion, fourteen agencies and clinics from around the world, the Tel Aviv mayor and other dignitaries, and much press attention. Proceeds from sponsorship fees will allow us to award three financial assistance grants to Israeli gay men in the coming months.
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21/12/12 13:04 Categories:
Foundation | Workshops | SeminarsWe would like to encourage you to think about Men Having Babies when you consider your end of the year giving! You can now make
online donations to our
Financial Assistance fund using PayPal or credit cards. Your donations will go towards the important goal of helping several couples become parent in 2013! We already raised around $100,000, but hope to more than double that by the summer, when we award the first grants.
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23/10/12 00:36 Categories:
Reserch | EuropeMen Having Babies is proud to have offered to assist an international group of researchers set to start a large longitudinal study on gay surrogacy parents in the UK, France, and the Netherlands. The 3 year study will commence in January 2013 and will focus on male couples who became parents through surrogacy, with control groups made of heterosexual surrogacy parents.
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community | Seminars | NYAbout 150 prospective parents attended Men Having babies’ 8th annual expo, where several large donations to the new
Gay Parenting Financial Assistance Fund were announced. Additional funds are to be raised in an
October 1st fundraiser featuring comedians Judy Gold and Alyse Kenny (among others), where hundreds of parents will join at the NYC Gotham Club in solidarity to help make the dream of parenthood within reach to more of their less affluent friends.
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11/09/12 12:52 Categories:
NY | parents | prospects | communityJoin us Monday, Oct. 1st at 7:30pm at Gotham Comedy Club, for a night of laughs to benefit our new
financial assistance fund!
The event will feature popular comedian (and gay parent) Judy Gold and a lineup of top gay and gay-friendly comedians as part of the monthly benefit program at Gotham Club called "Alyse Kenny Presents...It's A Charity Thing!". Admission is only $25 or $50 for VIP Seating (2 drink min.).
Advance booking is required. Past shows have sold out quickly! We highly recommend buying tix as soon as possible! Read More...Tags: funds
06/09/12 12:09 Categories:
Media | NY | SeminarsRich and Steve, a gay couple who started their parenting journey at our
Men Having Babies seminar, is featured by Advocate magazine in a story about the reality of using alternative reproduction by gay couples, “in light of the fact that same-sex couples starting families are headed to primetime in
The New Normal, a fall sitcom from NBC based on two gay men looking to start a family with the use of a surrogate.”
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05/09/12 16:51 Categories:
Seminars | Surrogate | NY | Egg donorOne of the most popular segments of our annual seminars has always been the personal stories panel, featuring parents, surrogates and egg donors.
The panel on September 22 will be no exception, with two two-times surrogates, one of them was introduced by the first parents she helped to the second couple at a Men Having Babies workshop several years ago. The other was a gestational surrogate, then an egg donor, and then a traditional surrogate as well. By sheer coincidence both women are just completing their doctoral studies…
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