One of the things you do when you ‘decide’ to do IVF is attend two counselling sessions, scheduled and provided by the clinic. These sessions are compulsory, and we had attended our first a while back so our expectations were appropriately low. Approaching this whole process philosophically, Partner and I have generally been able to […]
I guess because neither of us actually ever expected to attempt to have a child, we hadn’t given much thought, prior to now, about the technicalities of how to look after a baby. A pro-Googler with the impressive enthusiasm of someone at the start of a project they’ll not necessarily finish, I took it upon […]
I’m aware that I live in a bubble, believe me. It didn’t create itself and it didn’t happen overnight. My media consumption (social and otherwise) is tailored to within an inch of its life. Interactions with family members and heterosexual friends are strictly regulated. Most of my friends are, in fact, ‘gay’. My workplace is […]
Most people don’t ask. Or if they do, it’s vague. ‘Are you going through a clinic, or…?’ We provide an equally vague, sanitised reply: ‘Oh, we had originally thought we’d go with a known donor, and we got quite far down that path with a friend but in the end we decided it wasn’t the […]
I asked my son what he thought about the plebiscite and marriage equality to see how much of it he understands. His response? ‘What’s so bad about marriage equality? People should have the choice. We all have human DNA, people are just people.’ In case people are concerned about the gay influence, he’s about as […]
I am a 32 yr old queer gypsy punk and I’m the proud mother of an 11 yr old doppelganger who looks like me, swears like me (I’m still trying to impress upon him that saying “GODDAMMIT!” in front of his grandmother hurts me more than it does the baby Jesus) and is currently finding […]
The Victorian Parliament have passed legislation permitting same-sex couples to adopt, accepting amendments from the Upper House. The amendments applied exemptions for religious organisations, allowing them to refuse adoptions on the basis of faith. The Victorian Labor government had set out with the intention of there being no exemptions and considered dumping the bill after […]
In India, 57 year old Padma Iyer made headlines when she placed an advertisement in the Mumbai publication Mid-Day seeking a groom for her son Harish. “Seeking 25-40, Well-Placed, Animal-Loving, Vegetarian GROOM for my SON (36, 5’11”) who works with an NGO, Caste No Bar (Though Iyer Preferred)” the advertisement read. The advertisement has caused […]
Fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana have responded to singer Elton John’s call for a boycott of the brand. Domenico Dolce sparked controversy with comments he made regarding reproduction in an interview with Panorama magazine. “You are born and you have a father and a mother,” he said. “Or at least that’s the way it should […]
Researchers at Cambridge University have discovered that it is possible to create a baby using the skin cells of two adults of the same gender, meaning that it may be possible for same sex couples of have biological children together. The Cambridge University Researchers teamed with Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science to release a study […]
