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I’m gay. And like most Italians, I oppose surrogacy.

I’m gay. And like most Italians, I oppose surrogacy.

by Them Before Us | Dec 21, 2017 | Around the World, Italy, Studies | 21 comments

My name is Vincenzo. I am Italian and I’m gay. Normally I don’t feel this need to label myself because I think sexuality is simply a detail. On this planet we are men and women- people- that’s all. But on the topic of surrogacy it’s important to...
Lewis’s story | “My experience of living with gay parents left me emotionally scarred.”

Lewis’s story | “My experience of living with gay parents left me emotionally scarred.”

by Them Before Us | Nov 3, 2017 | Stories | 23 comments

I am Lewis, the child of gay parents, and this is my experience of gay parents. My mother and father were never married, and while my father was homosexual, my mother identified as bi-sexual, and had spent several years in a lesbian relationship sometime prior to my...
Maia’s story | “Our mum left to pursue a same sex lifestyle, leaving my siblings and I devastated.”

Maia’s story | “Our mum left to pursue a same sex lifestyle, leaving my siblings and I devastated.”

by Them Before Us | Oct 31, 2017 | Stories

I am the oldest of 8 children, consisting of 3 full brothers, 2 step siblings, a half sister and a half brother who passed away when he was 3. My parents were married. Our childhood was fairly run of the Mill, we grew up in the Burbs and lived in a time where you...
Biology Matters- Take it from donor conceived kids with loving straight parents.

Biology Matters- Take it from donor conceived kids with loving straight parents.

by Them Before Us | Sep 14, 2017 | Stories | 23 comments

If you believe that “all kids need is love” then these donor-conceived children should be perfectly happy. But they’re not. Turns out that even if kids have one or two loving parents, many donor-conceived kids struggle with the reality that they will never know half...
Marie’s story | “In college I would proudly declare how I had a gay father.”

Marie’s story | “In college I would proudly declare how I had a gay father.”

by Them Before Us | Aug 30, 2017 | Stories | 9 comments

In college I would proudly declare how I had a gay father who “came out” when I was a toddler (my parents divorced when I was 2). I would explain how I was a normal, straight, educated young woman who lived part time with my father throughout my life, and...
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