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Tag: open id at 18

  • URGENT

    CALL TO ACTION: Support New Mexico HB373

    Urge New Mexico lawmakers to VOTE YES on HB373 without amendment.

    February 20, 2025call to action, advocacy, anonymity, egg donation, embryo donation, identity release, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, new mexico, open ID at 18, single parent by choice, sperm donation, Uncategorized, Uniform Parentage Act

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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: Connecting a Child with Siblings

    A recipient parent wonders about how and when to connect their child with donor conceived siblings.

    June 9, 2023Ask A Therapist, education, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, identity release, offspring, open ID at 18, siblings, sperm donation

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  • Family Ties: How My Donor Conception Discovery Changed My Outlook as a Queer Recipient Parent

    I’m sure I said, “It’s actually a ‘donor’ not a father.” I can remember my voice saying, “Our daughter doesn’t have a dad. She has two moms.” But much of that changed for me when I found out about my own donor conception experience.

    June 2, 2023lgbtqia+, blog, disclosure, education, genetic identity, identity release, late disclosure, lgbtq, open ID at 18, siblings, sperm donation, views

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  • Ask a Therapist: Open ID at 18 or Known Donor

    An intended parent wonders about the pros and cons of choosing a known donor versus an Open-ID-at-18 donor with her wife.

    June 2, 2023sperm donation, anonymity, Ask A Therapist, education, genetic identity, guides and resources: parents, identity release, known donor, lgbtq, lgbtqia+, medical history, open ID at 18

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