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N. Smith – …the wound caused by missing actions on [my father’s] part is definitely still there in my adulthood

by Them Before Us | Jan 13, 2023 | Stories | 0 comments

I grew up in a single mother household. My parents divorced when I was six or seven years of age, my brother was three, and my sister was thirteen. When my parents divorced, we were living in California and my mom moved us to Michigan. My dad followed us, and they...

HIV positive sperm donors inflict a wave of continued father loss on children

by Katie Breckenridge | Dec 29, 2021 | The Latest | 0 comments

(Image Source: Doyle Dane Bernbach) In 2019, New Zealand opened the world’s first “HIV Positive” sperm bank in an attempt to reduce the stigma around HIV positive men. Two years later, a handful of babies have been created from HIV positive sperm donors. The sperm...

…I was just filled with anger all the time. That’s all I really feel about my existence. Anger.

by Them Before Us | Jun 16, 2021 | Stories | 0 comments

(Originally published on AnonymousUs) Growing up it was just my mom, my two very involved godparents and me. I always knew I was missing a biological father. I always had to explain to my friends since the age of five why I don’t have a dad. I liked it, I got...

I hated growing up with gay parents

by Them Before Us | Dec 29, 2020 | Stories | 6 comments

(Originally published on Reddit) Right away, I want to make something clear: I’m not a homophobe. My sister is gay, many of my friends are gay. If anything, even though I’m straight, having gay parents made me more comfortable with people in the LGBTQ+ scene. It never...

Kathryn – My mother told my brother that he was now the ‘man of the house’… he became depressed in his 20’s and drowned

by Them Before Us | May 22, 2017 | Stories | 0 comments

My brother & I grew up without the presence of our father for most of our childhood. There were brief times we spent as a family of four, but those moments were few & far between. My mother eventually packed our bags when my father was at work one day, and we...

N. Smith – …the wound caused by missing actions on [my father’s] part is definitely still there in my adulthood

HIV positive sperm donors inflict a wave of continued father loss on children

…I was just filled with anger all the time. That’s all I really feel about my existence. Anger.

I hated growing up with gay parents

Kathryn – My mother told my brother that he was now the ‘man of the house’… he became depressed in his 20’s and drowned

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N. Smith – …the wound caused by missing actions on [my father’s] part is definitely still there in my adulthood

HIV positive sperm donors inflict a wave of continued father loss on children

…I was just filled with anger all the time. That’s all I really feel about my existence. Anger.

I hated growing up with gay parents

Kathryn – My mother told my brother that he was now the ‘man of the house’… he became depressed in his 20’s and drowned

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