PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Damien W Riggs
AU  - Clemence Due
TI  - Gay fathers’ reproductive journeys and parenting experiences: a review of research
AID  - 10.1136/jfprhc-2013-100670
DP  - 2014 Oct 01
TA  - Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
PG  - 289--293
VI  - 40
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jfprhc.bmj.com/content/40/4/289.short
4100  - http://jfprhc.bmj.com/content/40/4/289.full
SO  - J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care2014 Oct 01; 40
AB  - Over the past decade growing numbers of gay men have sought and found ways to become parents, including through surrogacy, giving birth, adoption and fostering. These modes of family formation are situated alongside pre-existing modes of family formation available to gay men, specifically in heterosexual relationships and through donating sperm to lesbian recipients. This review article summarises the literature related to each of these modes of family formation. It highlights the discrimination that gay men may face as parents and the positive outcomes both for gay fathers and for the children they parent.