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Learn moreAn Indispensable Toolset for Same-Sex Parenthood
First published in 2016 and winner of four literary awards. Now updated and packed with valuable information and more powerful stories of same-sex parents achieving and navigating parenthood.
Yes, you do have options. Same-sex couples (gay dads, lesbian moms, or other queer couples) are faced with many different options when choosing to have a family that includes beautiful children. In Journey to Same-Sex Parenthood, author, activist, and father Eric Rosswood guides and helps prospective LGBTQIA parents explore adoption, foster care, assisted reproduction, surrogacy, and coparenting.
Create your own happy family unit. Each section includes a description of a specific family-building approach, followed by personal stories from same-sex couples and individuals who have chosen that particular path. Learn strategies for dealing with challenges you will encounter on this parenting journey.
Inside find: strategies for successfully navigating same sex parenthood; firsthand accounts combined with critical tips and advice; and updated information about adoption, foster care, assisted reproduction, surrogacy, and coparenting.
Eric Rosswood is an author and commentator on LGBTQ issues including civil rights, parenting, marriage, and politics. He has led panels on LGBTQ parenting issues for organizations such as the Family Equality Council and the Modern Family Alliance.
Adi Cabral is a classically trained actor, dialect coach, and intimacy director holding their MFA in theater performance from Arizona State University. Their work has been shared on stage at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities (Colorado), the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (Missouri), New Repertory Theatre (Massachusetts), the Stella Adler Studio of Acting (New York), Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company (Texas), The New Hazlett Theater (Pennsylvania), The Hangar Theatre Company (New York), Central Square Theatre (Massachusetts), Latino Theater Company (California), and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland, UK). Adi is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and Knight-Thompson Speechwork. As a professor of theater, voice, and movement, their research focuses on inclusive practices for training LGBTQ+ identified actors.