Category: lgbtq

Ask a Therapist: Seeking Advice to Support a Single Mom by Choice

A concerned friend wants to know how best to support a single mom by choice who has a strained relationship with her adult donor conceived daughter.

December 2, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, education, genetic identity, grief, identity release, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, siblings, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation

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USDCC Opposes Harmful Provision in S. 4638 (2025 National Defense Authorization Act)

USDCC opposes Section 627(f) of S. 4638 (2025 National Defense Authorization Act).

November 12, 2024advocacy, advocacy blog, education, embryo donation, genetic identity, letter, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, offspring, press release, single parent by choice, smbc, Uncategorized

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Ask a Therapist: Known Donor Considers Meeting His Donor Conceived Children

A known sperm donor considers meeting his minor donor conceived offspring.

October 4, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, genetic identity, guides and resources: donors, identity release, known donor, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, mental health, offspring, siblings, single parent by choice, smbc, sperm donation

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“Inconceivable: A Memoir” Review

Valerie Bauman describes “Inconceivable: A Memoir” as part memoir and part investigative journalism, leading readers through her own journey to motherhood while looping in interviews from donors, recipient parents, donor conceived individuals, and reproductive professionals.

June 14, 2024blog, culture, genetic identity, identity release, known donor, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, open ID at 18, regulation, sperm donation, Uncategorized, views

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Ask a Therapist: Advice and Resources for Known Donor Arrangement

A future recipient parent wonders about advice and resources available for entering into a known donor arrangement.

May 26, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, identity release, known donor, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, mental health, offspring, smbc, sperm donation

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Switched Before Birth: How a mislabeled vial upended my family’s world

Casey Duncan is the recipient parent to two donor conceived people. One of them was “switched before birth.”

May 20, 2024guest post, advocacy, anonymity, blog, disclosure, early disclosure, genetic identity, grief, identity release, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, mental health, offspring, open ID at 18, regulation, siblings, smbc, sperm donation, views

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Ask a Therapist: Estrangement after Ignoring Child’s Curiosity about the Donor

A recipient parent wonders how to fix a strained relationship with her child after failing to respond to the child's curiosity about the donor while growing up.

May 4, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, egg donation, embryo donation, genetic identity, grief, guides and resources: parents, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, smbc, sperm donation

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Ask a Therapist: Discussing and Building Relationships with Donor Siblings

A recipient parent wonders how to discuss their child's donor siblings and when to establish a relationship.

March 19, 2024Ask A Therapist, egg donation, embryo donation, guides and resources: parents, info and guides, late disclosure, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, offspring, siblings, smbc, sperm donation

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Alabama High Court Ruling Also Harmful to Donor Conceived People and Their Families

USDCC joins others to express concerns about the potential implications of the Supreme Court of Alabama’s opinion in LePage v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine, P.C.

February 24, 2024press release, advocacy, ASRM Guidelines, egg donation, embryo donation, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, mental health, news, offspring, regulation, smbc, sperm donation

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Ask a Therapist: Sharing Information with a Disinterested Young Child

A recipient parent wonders how and when to share donor information with young children who seem disinterested.

February 12, 2024Ask A Therapist, disclosure, early disclosure, guides and resources: parents, identity release, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, open ID at 18, siblings, sperm donation

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