Challenging Norms
Challenging norms, holding onto their values, and showing that there’s more than one way to be a family in the Orthodox world.
LGBTQ+ Family Building
The family building process can already be isolating.
In communities where there’s also a lack of understanding and support for LGBTQ+ family building, there are additional isolating factors.
You are not alone
Many queer people carry guilt around starting a family — for various reasons.
Guilt is real. But so is the longing for family.
Feeling Unseen
Hold space for every story. Every loss. Every family.
Our baby existed
And just like that, the future we had started building fell out from under us.
Emotions of LGBTQ+ Loss
The path to parenthood looks so different.
Pregnancy Loss As Experienced by Someone on the Asexual Spectrum
Pregnancy loss is complicated for all people, dealing grief, etc. - but for people in the LGBTQ+ community, it’s even more complicated. Here’s one person’s perspective.
Feeling Unseen in Loss Spaces as a Part of the LGBTQ+ Community
Feelin unseen in spaces that are supposed to provide support can make a fertility journey far more difficult than it already is, particularly when dealing with loss.
Guilt in the Queer Community
Beyond an actual loss or diagnosis, there is so much shame surrounding these experiences for people in the queer community because they think everything is a punishment for who they are.
Family Building for Individuals in the LGBTQ+ Community
Constantly questing whether or not a fertility space is inclusive or welcoming can take a big emotional toll on an already taxing emotional and physical experience.
Fertility Preservation as a Jewish Transgender Man
A story of fertility preservation as a transgender man. Being a single man in a fertility clinic can be a really strange experience. It’s even more strange when you’re there to freeze your eggs.
Building My Jewish Two-Mom Family
It's always hard to raise a child, but it can be harder for people in the jewish queer space. These are some questions that all parents ask if they are using a donor
Supporting LGBTQ+ Fertility Journeys and Intersectionality
The fertility process for those in the LGBTQ+ community requires significant time and energy to navigate extra steps including minority stress, lack of inclusive resources, and inadequate representation.
LGBTQ+ Fertility Journey and Finances
Finances are the thing holding so many people back from pursuing the family of their dreams. For so many in the queer community, having a baby can be cross-prohibitive.
Fertility Journeys: Early Considerations for the Queer Community
Most people starting their fertility journeys explore their circumstances and/or options until marriage. For those in the queer community, it is usually something that is thought about long before.
Path To Parenthood For the LGBTQ+ Community
There are so many factors that those in the LGBTQ+ community have to consider even before they might contend with infertility, loss, or any other challenges that may arise on their fertility journey.
Family Building for the LGBTQ+ Community
For the LGBTQ+ community, family building involves taking (a LOT of) extra financial, logistical, and emotional steps along the way.
Pride Month
40-50% of infertility issues are because of a problem with the male. And of those, only a small percentage are open about it.
Donor Conception: Building A Family As An Orthodox Lesbian Couple
Thank you to another anonymous follower for sharing her special story ❣️
44. Gay Jewish Moms with Sydney and Brit Sharon
Sydney and Brit Sharon, join Aimee Baron, MD to talk about their lives and their journey to build their family, their IUI process, how they picked their donor sperm, and why they loved that process, and the legality of having two moms and what that might mean for their children.