The current investigation explores how gay fathers who become parents through gestational
surrogacy experience the transition to parenthood. Structured interviews were conducted …

STUDY QUESTION Why do gay men choose to start their families through surrogacy?
SUMMARY ANSWER Most fathers chose surrogacy because they considered adoption to …

Gay men are becoming increasingly involved in reproduction despite significant barriers
limiting their access to reproductive technologies or legal parentage in many jurisdictions …

The visibility of gay fathers is on the rise and scholars are just beginning to understand the
diversity of structures, arrangements, and practices within gay father-headed family …

Objective To study the nature and quality of relationships between gay father families and
their surrogates and egg donors and parental disclosure of children's origins. Design Cross …

STUDY QUESTION How do gay father families experience surrogacy in terms of their
relationships with surrogates and egg donors, fathers' disclosure decisions and children's …

This study explored the experiences of adoptive gay male couples in their transition to
parenthood through qualitative in-depth interviews with eight gay male couples (N= 16) …

STUDY QUESTION Are there differences in levels of parental wellbeing (parental stress,
psychological adjustment and partner relationship satisfaction) between gay-father families …

This study aims to explore the experience of transnational surrogacy and the relationship
with the surrogate pre-and post-birth in Italian gay father families. Couple and individual …

This research focused on behavioral functioning of children conceived via gestational
surrogacy and raised by gay fathers. Gay fathers from 68 families with children aged 3–10 …