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7 - Assisted Reproductive Technologies

from Part III - Lifespan Changes to Families and Relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2024

Sonja J. Ellis ,
Damien W. Riggs  and
Elizabeth Peel
Sonja J. Ellis
Affiliation:
University of Waikato, New Zealand
Damien W. Riggs
Affiliation:
Flinders University of South Australia
Elizabeth Peel
Affiliation:
Loughborough University
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Summary

This chapter explores the use of assisted reproductive technologies by LGBTIQ people. In order to provide a framework for understanding why access to assisted reproductive technologies has been so important for many LGBTIQ people, the chapter introduces the concept of reproductive justice, which emphasises the social contexts in which people access assisted reproductive technologies, and how this can facilitate access for some groups whilst preventing access by others. The chapter reviews psychological research on lesbian, bisexual, and queer women’s experiences of assisted reproductive technologies, trans people’s experiences of fertility preservation, gay men and surrogacy, and the experiences of children conceived via assisted reproductive technologies.

Keywords

assisted reproductive techologiesfertility preservationsurrogacydonor conceptionchildren of donors
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, and Queer Psychology
An Introduction
 , pp. 136 - 157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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Further Reading

Craven, C. (2019). Reproductive losses: Challenges to LGBTQ family making. London: Routledge.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Epstein, R. (Ed.). (2009). Who’s your daddy? And other writings on queer parenting. Toronto: Sumach Press.Google Scholar
Graefe, S. (Ed.). (2018). Swelling with pride: Queer conception and adoption stories. Victoria, BC: Dagger Editions.Google Scholar
Hicks, S., & McDermott, J. (Eds.). (2018). Lesbian and gay foster care and adoption (2nd ed.). London: Jessica Kingsley.Google Scholar
Luce, J. (2010). Beyond expectation: Lesbian/bi/queer women and assisted conception. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Murphy, D. A. (2015). Gay men pursuing parenthood through surrogacy: Reconfiguring kinship. Sydney: UNSW Press.Google Scholar

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