This is Part 2 of our series on Sam and Lissa. See Part 1 here. First they hoped their doctor would be able to harvest trans man Sam’s eggs. Then they hoped the embryo created with Sam’s egg and donor sperm would result in a pregnancy for Lissa on the...
We are so proud to see so many hearts filling up the Love Comes First Family Map! If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, take a look here. And while it’s wonderful to see so many LGBTQ families across the country, we also realize that legal equality does not...
When Sam, who is trans, and Lissa, who identifies as queer, met at a New Year’s Eve party, they immediately fell in love. They also discovered that they both wanted to start a family. Sam had actually gone off hormones some years before in hopes of having a...
When celebrity blogger and entertainer Perez Hilton had his first child, it was so surprising that he was a trending topic on Twitter for 24 hours. Now the single gay dad of toddlers, Mario and Mia, Perez opens up about his family life — from choosing an egg...
After adopting twin girls, Jackie and Jasmine, and their brother, Jake, Byron didn’t realize his family was still incomplete — that is until meeting his partner Anthony, and adopting their fourth child, baby Mariah. Now the family of six enjoy everything from...
YouTube celebrity GloZell Green’s recent path to parenthood via surrogacy has been widely documented – from People Magazine to her own docu-series. Perhaps less known is her tremendous support for the LGBTQ community. When given the chance to interview President...