LGBTQ+
Explore fertility and family building options, support, resources, and stories for anyone under the LGBTQ+ rainbow who is trying to grow their family.
LGBTQ+ TTC/Fertility Group
This group is open to anyone under the LGBTQ+ rainbow who are trying to grow their families. It is a partnership between Family Equality, LGBTQ+ Perinatal Wellness Center and AllPaths Family Building. Registration is required via this link.
This group typically meets on alternating Wednesdays.
Becca’s Journey: “Leave all your assumptions at the door.”
In this episode, we speak with Becca Levin Nayak, an attorney specializing in adoption and assisted reproduction in Pennsylvania. Becca shares her own family building journey, begun with her ex-wife, where the couple navigated donor conception. The process...
Marea’s Journey: Redefining Family Through Relationships, Commitment, and Connection
Today’s episode features Marea Goodman, a licensed midwife, parent, co-author of the book Baby Making for Everybody (affiliate link), and founder of PregnantTogether, a virtual community supporting queer and solo parents from preconception through parenting....
Trystan’s Journey: A trans uterus is NOT an uninhabitable environment
In this episode of the AllPaths Podcast, we speak with Trystan Reese, a father of three, advocate, educator, and an "all-around nerd" when it comes to transgender fertility and family building. Trystan shares his personal and professional journey, starting...
Bruce’s Journey: “Whose Tummy Did I Come Out Of?”
This episode of the AllPaths podcast features Bruce, an attorney in the Boston area. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Bruce and his husband built their family through surrogacy with gamete donation, going through the process twice with different surrogates in...
Annika’s Journey: “My wife knocked me up.”
In this episode, we welcome Annika, an attorney specializing in assisted reproductive technology (ART), who offers a unique perspective as both a professional in the field and someone who built her own family through reciprocal IVF. Annika shares her...
Annie’s Journey: “Something I’ve always felt really grateful for is how wanted I was from the very start.”
In this episode, we sit down with Annie, an ENT resident with a unique perspective on medicine, identity, and family. Born to two moms through donor insemination, Annie shares how she always knew she was deeply wanted. We explore her journey as a...
Polly’s Journey: Someone shouldn’t have to experience tragedy for things to be equal.
Director of Family Advocacy at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) and recipient of the 2024 AllPaths Advocacy Award, Polly Crozier shares her own challenging family building story, as well as her advocacy for parentage equality inclusive...
Reproductive Options for Transgender People
Join Dr. Samuel Pang, reproductive endocrinologist at Boston IVF, for an overview of reproductive options for transgender people, from banking of gametes, the impact of hormone therapy on gamete preservation, and more.
Biological Family Building for LGBTQ+ Persons
Join Dr. Mark Leondires, medical director of IllumeFertility and founder of GayParentsToBe for this overview of biological family building options for LGBTQ+ people. This discussion covers clinical options for lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer people that are...
All About Surrogacy
Join Bruce Hale, an Massachusetts attorney specializing exclusively in assisted procreation, for an introduction to surrogacy drawn from his extensive experience as a legal practitioner and as a parent who has gone through this remarkable process...
Is Your Door Open? Four Million LGBTQ+ Folks are Expanding Their Families and Need Your Support
Featured in the RNE Magazine, 2022 Volume 2 By: Jess Venable-Novak, Director of Family Formation at Family Equality Eleven million American adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ+). Many of them have expanded...
Mommy Days
Featured in the RNE Magazine, 2021 Volume 2 By Rachel Vorkink There are so many ways to resolve fertility and family building challenges and we think it is important to have open conversations about all of them. That's why each issue of the RNE Magazine...