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Brian C – I don’t care why my parents did this. It looks to me like I was bought and sold

Brian C – I don’t care why my parents did this. It looks to me like I was bought and sold

by Them Before Us | Apr 15, 2017 | Stories | 22 comments

My name is Brian and I am the son of a traditional surrogate, a biological father, and an adoptive mother. I think all of you here need to know how I feel about surrogacy.  I have read a certain popular surrogacy board since I was 16 and I am almost 18 now. I was...
Becky – Maybe my father simply couldn’t bear the fact that I was another man’s child

Becky – Maybe my father simply couldn’t bear the fact that I was another man’s child

by Them Before Us | Apr 15, 2017 | Stories | 0 comments

My parents separated when I was very young — still a baby — and I was brought up by my mother with very little financial or emotional input from my father, though I did see him regularly throughout my childhood. Nevertheless, by the time I was 18 I had pretty much...
Alana Newman – After a wrenching divorce, I never again saw that “dad” of mine

Alana Newman – After a wrenching divorce, I never again saw that “dad” of mine

by Them Before Us | Apr 15, 2017 | Stories | 0 comments

I remember the first time I struggled to understand the ethics of a case involving reproductive technologies. I was five years old, folding clothes in my bedroom with my mom. She told me that my dad was not my biological father. My biological father was an anonymous...
Millie Fontana – Growing up with two mothers forced me to be confused about who I was and where I fit in the scheme of the world

Millie Fontana – Growing up with two mothers forced me to be confused about who I was and where I fit in the scheme of the world

by Millie Fontana | Apr 11, 2017 | Stories | 44 comments

My name is Millie. I’m 23 years old. I’m from Melbourne. I have lesbian parents, and I was raised atheist and have no religious affiliations. When people look at children of gays, the misconception is straightaway that we are well-loved and that we must be...
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