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Causes: Civil Rights, Lesbian & Gay Rights, LGBTQ
Mission: The provision of educational and practical information to assist prospective gay parents to achieve biological parenting, and promoting the affordability of surrogacy and other parenting related services for gay men through financial assistance and the encouragement of cost transparency and customer feedback.
Programs: California seminar: the january 2017 west coast men having babies conference was held once again in cooperation with our family coalition. More than 200 prospective parents benefited from expert and personal stories panels, as well as opportunities to meet more than twenty providers from across the united states and beyond at the gay parenting expo, breakout sessions and in private consultations. Additional supportive organizations included the sf lgbt center and gay future dads. Proceeds from sponsorship and exhibiting fees benefited the gay parenting assistance program (gpap) and our family coalition. 250+ benefitted
israel seminar march 2017: tel aviv surrogacy and fertility conference, was another successful event in israel. The event hosted over 25 agencies, fertility clinics, and law firms from israel and beyond to exhibit and present at the conference. Men having babies partnered with other organizations such as the israeli gay fathers' association to promote awareness about the social and ethical aspects of surrogacy.
europe seminar : september 2016 more than 220 attendees from 12 countries attended the 2016 mhb brussels conference on parenting options for european gay men. The conference was widely covered by the belgian media, allowing us to raise the need for ethical and effective surrogacy legislation around europe. Representatives of seven european lgbt associations expressed frustration over the currently limited fatherhood options gay europeans have, and joined mhb in calling for ethical and effective european surrogacy parenting options. This was the second brussels conference and it once again provided a wealth of unbiased information and access to a wide range of relevant service providers.
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