30 September 2008 - Surrogacy for Gay
Dads Forum (Victoria)
Gay
Dads Victoria are presenting a community forum on Surrogacy for
Australian Gay Men. The baby boom amongst gay and
lesbian families isn't just limited to co-parenting arrangements. An
increasing number of gay Australian men are considering surrogacy in
the United States, Canada and India as a means of creating their
family. Domestic and international adoptions are difficult and
largely restricted to exclude gay men and couples. Similarly,
surrogacy options in Australia are extremely limited, if not
completely non-existent.
A community forum for all those
interested in becoming dads through surrogacy is being held at7pmon30
September 2008.
Presented by members ofGay
Dads Victoria, the forum will provide an opportunity to find out
more about Surrogacy and the options available in other countries.
The presenters will share their experiences and be available to
answer questions. The forum is aimed at people just starting
to consider surrogacy as an option or for those who have also
started on the surrogacy journey. No particular surrogacy agency or
method is being promoted, but rather we aim to cover all the options
available in the US, Canada and India
This is a great opportunity for
interested gay singles or couples to have some of their questions
answered:
• How does
surrogacy work? • how do the
laws relating to surrogacy work in the US, Canada, India • How do I
bring my child back in to Australia? • Can anyone
apply? • How much
does it cost?
Prahran Dads back New Laws by Julia Adler
Proud Praharn parents Doug and Brett with one-year-old twins Daniel and Leah.
Doug Weller and Brett Jenkin say they have what it takes to raise their one-year-old twin boy and girl: love, and plenty of it.
``If any child has one devoted and caring parent, they are lucky,'' Brett said.
``If they have two, they are extremely lucky.''
Breakfast with Scot is showing at the Mardi Gras
Film Festival and looks like a great film. See the trailer below.
"Ed and Sam have been in a committed relationship for four years. Ed's a former hockey player turned sportscaster and Sam's a sport's lawyer. But when Sam's adventure seeking brother Billy, takes a job in South America, his ex-girlfriend, Julie, is discovered dead from a drug overdose leaving her son Scot (not Billy's son) to Billy. But Billy is missing in action so Sam is left to pick up the pieces. But the problem is Ed never wanted kids. When 11 year old Scot arrives and they open his duffle bag, inside they find... one pink musical hairbrush, two plastic containers of beads and faux-gold chains, a pink poodle belt, and four pairs of white sock-ettes with lacy fringe at the top... they realize Scot is more out of the closet then they are even though he does not know it yet. A unique boy in an even more unusual situation, Scot throws Ed and Sam's life into complete disarray. When Billy finally show's up to take Scot back to South America - Ed and Sam can't bear the thought of losing Scot. In the spirit of ABOUT A BOY, BILLY ELLIOT and MA VIE EN ROSE, BREAKFAST WITH SCOT explores what it truly means to be a family, hilariously contrasting familial stereotypes with the realities of family life and showing how it feels to be a boy who doesn't quite fit into the role society has prepared for
him"....From IMDB
30 January 2008
Gay Dads Australia has added a new section called
"Media". It provides details of TV, Movies,
Newspaper, Magazines and Radio coverage that features Australia Gay
Dads. It is designed for reference purposes only and is in no
way exhaustive. If you know of any Gay Dads featuring in any
Media, please let us know so we can include it in our archive.
If you are planning to do some media yourself to tell your
particular story about being a Gay Dad, then it is a useful resource
to consult before you throw yourself in! You can access the
Media Reference section here.
29 January 2008
Watch the SBS Documentary "Two Men & Two Babies"
tonight at 7.30pm. A great follow up documentary about Tony
and Lee and their wonderful children Xan and Luci. Highly
recommended.
06 April 2007
The new
Surrogacy for Gay Men online manual is now been added to the Gay
Dads Australia website. It is currently being review and
updated and new material will be added soon. You can view it
here.
04
November 2006
In
this months edition of "Melbourne's
Child" you will find a story called "Father's Day" about Gay
Dads. It is a free publication that is available widely around
Melbourne. If you can't find a copy, send us an
email and we will point you in the
right direction. Also make sure you vote in the Web Poll being
conducted on the "Melbourne's Child" website, click
here
to vote.
"Tim’s
daughters were conceived via self insemination at home, and spend
part of each month with Tim and his male partner, who live very
close to the girls’ mothers. Tim shares the school runs, and phones
and emails his children throughout the week. “Nine years on, it’s
been a most successful and satisfying arrangement,” says Tim. “Each
couple are always welcome in the other’s home, and we sometimes go
on holidays together with the kids. We don’t let our egos get in the
way or argue about rights, because the people with the rights are
the children.”
04
November 2006
If
you co-parent or surrogate is currently pregnant, you may find the
following site useful [Baby
Center]. It provides 3D ultrasound pictures of the baby
from 1-40 weeks. Thanks to Doug for the tip.
02
November 2006
Doug and Brett, a gay couple creating a
family via surrogacy, have updated their "Real Story" continuing
their journey towards parenthood. To read, click
here. They have also
updated their Surrogacy Tips. To read, click
here. Thanks to Doug and
Brett for contributing to Gay Dads Australia!
If you have a story
about being a gay dad you want to share, please feel free to
email us and we will include it on
the site.
22 October 2006
We Are a Family, Too
Here is another clip from YouTube by a gay father of three boys. He
put the video together for and English Class and it he says that it
shows "a glimpse into our life and struggle as a gay parents".
10 September 2006
This is a video currently on YouTube from a Dutch
Music program called "Kinderen
voor Kinderen" (Kids for Kids). It is a great song
about a boy with two dads.
It is in Dutch with English subtitles. The Dutch Lyrics can be
found here. The
English Language Lyrics can be found
here.
In
this months edition of "
If
you co-parent or surrogate is currently pregnant, you may find the
following site useful [