For Pride month, we’re rolling out four episodes that cover family building for the LGBTQ+ community. The third episode discusses the additional obstacles same-sex couples often encounter when trying to start a family.
Any fertility journey can be complex, but for same-sex couples there are additional legal and political challenges, both on Federal and State levels. In this episode, we hear from Trystan Reese, a transgender activist who works to ensure that every LGBTQ+ person has the right and ability to start their own family at Family Equality Council.
We also hear from Theresa Witherspoon who, with her wife, found her family through reciprocal IVF. Theresa shares some of the hurdles she and her wife faced as a same-sex female couple, like finding the right sperm donor, absorbing the costs of fertility treatments and donor fees, and navigating the legality of same-sex parenting.
Guests: Trystan Reese, Director of Family Formation at Family Equality Council, and Theresa Witherspoon
Host: Parawana Yasmin, Patient Care Advocate at Progyny
For more information, visit Progyny’s Podcast page, Progyny’s Education page for LGBTQ+ family building options, and Family Equality Council.
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