OUR FAMILY COALITION

& MEN HAVING BABIES

PRESENT:

THE SAN FRANCISCO

SURROGACY
CONFERENCE & EXPO
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2016
46:30 P.M.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2016

9 A.M. - 6 P.M.

SOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER

934 Brannan Street, San Francisco

SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2016

Registration and Surrogacy Expo: 3:30-4:30 PM
Explore the Surrogacy Services Exhibit: more than twenty five tables where you can meet and receive information from leading clinics,
surrogacy agencies, lawyers and supporting community organizations. The expo will resume Sunday 12:30pm to 4:30pm

Opening session: Is surrogacy right for you?: 4:30-5:30 PM (Auditorium)

Looking at practical, psychological and ethical considerations in choosing surrogacy vs. other parenting options, and the long term implications
of this choice in terms of the welfare of the child, the surrogate, and her family. We will present evidence from studies about the way surrogacy
affects the involved parties, and highlights from MHBs proposed Framework for Ethical Surrogacy.
Speakers / Panelists:
Joshua Gamson, PhD, Professor of Sociology at the University of San Francisco, author: Modern Families.
Marcin Smietana, PhD, postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Cambridge, UK.
Michele Pine, surrogate mother and a member of MHBs surrogates advisory board.

Personal stories panel: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM (Auditorium)

Hear the diverse personal experiences of several gay surrogacy dads and the surrogates / egg donors who helped them.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2016

Registration: 9:009:30 AM
Surrogacy workshop part 1: Planning your journey: 9:3011:00 AM (Auditorium)
We will open our session with introductions and a comparison of surrogacy with other parenting options. We will then provide the first part of
our comprehensive surrogacy workshop that was developed based on the accumulated knowledge of hundreds of gay men who have already
gone through the process. In this part we will go over the various surrogacy arrangements available for gay men, and prepare you to make the
basic decisions regarding your surrogacy journey.
Topics covered will include:
Basic terminology, types and components of typical surrogacy arrangements.
Typical sequence and timeline for gestational surrogacy journeys.
Major decisions that shape the surrogacy journey.
Considering your family vision, financial constraints, risk tolerance and ethical preferences.
Known vs. anonymous egg donations.

Coffee break: 11:0011:15 AM (Social area)

Surrogacy workshop part 2 - Picking providers and budgeting: 11:15 AM12:30 PM (Auditorium)
On the second part of our workshop we will provide peer advice on selecting service providers, cost saving tips, and resources for financial
support.
Topics covered will include:
Where to start (agency, clinic, surrogate or donor)
Selecting an agency and clinic
Estimated costs, and factors that affect costs
Cost saving best practices.
Financial help through the Gay Parenting Assistance Program.

Lunch / Surrogacy Expo: 12:301:30 PM (Bay Gallery and social area)

Enjoy lunch and explore our Surrogacy Exhibit with more than twenty tables where you can meet and receive information from leading clinics,
surrogacy agencies, lawyers and supporting community organizations. The expo will resume 3:30pm to 4:30pm. Lunch is sponsored by the
San Diego Fertility Center.

Breakout sessions - come meet the sponsors: 1:303:30 PM (various rooms, ground floor)
Attendees will have the opportunity to take part in up to 6 introductory 20-minute group consultations with the various seminar sponsors. Take
advantage of this opportunity to shop around and get to know these agencies and clinics more closely. See the Breakout Sessions tab for
a list and schedule.

Surrogacy Expo / networking reception: 3:304:30 PM (Bay Gallery and social area)
Prospective parents, parents (&children!), psychologists, social workers, students, researchers and other professionals are invited to network
and exchange perspectives over refreshments. Our Surrogacy Expo will run in parallel in the adjacent space.

Private consultations with service providers: 4:008:30 PM

(various rooms on both floors, see signs)
Several clinics and agencies will be available in offices for private consultations with prospective parents that wish to explore the options they
offer in more depth. Prospective parents may request to coordinate consultations in advance using this form. Consultation slots may also be
available last minute for those who want to first hear the providers at the conference.
Auditorium
Expert legal panel: legal status of
surrogacy across the USA and beyond, contracts, securing parentage
rights

4:305:15 pm

Panelists:

- Deborah Wald, Esq. / The Wald

Law Group
- Tabitha Lundberg Koh, J.D. /
NWSC
- Dean Hutchinson, Esq. / Circle
Surrogacy

Classroom

Social Area

Medical workshop I: choosing egg Psychological and social issues

donors and creating optimal embryos during the surrogacy process
Panelists:

Panelists:

- Brandon Bankowski, M.D. / Oregon Reproductive Medicine

- Eldon Schriock, M.D. / Pacific
Fertility Center

- Marcin Smietana, Ph.D. / University of California, Berkeley

- Gail Sexton Anderson / The Donor
Concierge
- Shelley Tarnoff, Esq. / Tarnoff Law
Offices

Budgeting: A closer look at medical Medical workshop II: choosing an Life After Birth: Resources and
insurance and surrogate compensa- optimal surrogate and making crucial Family Support Services with Our
tion packages
decisions during the IVF process
Family Coalition

5:156:00 pm

Panelists:

Panelists:

- Victoria Ferrara, Esq. / Worldwide - Jerald Goldstein, M.D. / Fertility

Surrogacy Specialists
Specialists of Texas
- Kristen Hanson / Simple Surrogacy - Susanna Park, M.D. / San Diego
Fertility Center
- Steve Snyder, Esq. / IARC

BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Time

BACKSTAGE

AUDITORIUM

CLASSROOM

SOCIAL AREA

John Chally, J.D.

Guy Ringler, MD

1:30 pm
Stephanie Scott
Kristen Hanson

Susanna Park, MD

1:50 pm
Susanna Park, MD

John Chally, JD

Gail Sexton Anderson

Jerald Goldstein, MD

Donna Raidy

Eldon Schriock, MD

Gail Sexton Anderson

Michael Feinman, MD,

FACOG

Donna Raidy

Brad Spencer

Victoria Ferrara, Esq.

Said Daneshmand, MD,

FACOG

Brandon Bankowski,
MD, MPH

Dean Hutchinson, Esq.

Collin Smikle, MD

Brandon Bankowski,
MD, MPH

2:10 pm

2:30 pm

2:50 pm

3:10 pm

Eldon Schriock, MD

Stephanie Scott
Kristen Hanson

Victoria Ferrara, Esq.

Steven Snyder, Esq.

SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY AND MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS

2016 EVENTS
TEL AVIV : MARCH 1112, 2016
The 4th annual Tel Aviv International Surrogacy and Fertility Conference.

BRUSSELS: MAY 78, 2016

The 2nd annual conference on Parenting Options for European Gay Men.
CHICAGO: SEPTEMBER 18, 2016 (tentative)
A full day conference in partnership with Center on Halsted and Howard Brown Health Center
NEW YORK CITY: NOVEMBER 2016
Our 12th annual MHB conference and expo
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PANELISTS:
Gail Sexton Anderson

Gail Sexton Anderson is one of the industrys leading innovators and creative thinkers. She has dedicated her career to helping intended parents
from all walks of life build families. She founded Donor Concierge based on the principle of putting intended parents needs first, helping them sift
through the myriad of decisions that have to be made when building a family through egg donation and surrogacy. Gail is a compassionate and
empathic Harvard-trained counselor with nearly 20 years of experience helping intended parents. She completed her graduate research at Yale
and went on to start two egg donor agencies, becoming the executive director of one of the oldest and most respected surrogacy programs in
the United States. A frequent speaker at fertility conferences, Gail has an impeccable reputation amongst doctors, agencies, clinics and fertility
professionals. Gail and her team at Donor Concierge have helped hundreds of intended parents from the LGBTQ community become parents.
A passionate supporter of AIDS/LifeCycle Ride and an avid cyclist, Gail is the original Donor Concierge.

Brandon J. Bankowski, MD, MPH

Dr. Bankowski is a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist with extensive experience in the field of in vitro fertilization and genomics. He
has practiced at Oregon Reproductive Medicine (ORM) since 2005. At ORM Genomics, Dr. Bankowski works to improve the genetic health
of his patients through increased awareness, screening, and state-of-the-art preimplantation genetic testing. We are the interface between
the genetics world and the future world; our ability to eliminate disease and influence success is astounding, he says. Were advancing at a
phenomenal rate and it will change everything in decades to come.

Victoria Ferrara, Esq.

Victoria Ferrara is the Founder and Legal Director of Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists, LLC, a successful surrogacy matching agency, through
which she has helped many couples and individuals have children. One of her achievements is the landmark decision of Raftopol v. Ramey,
12 A.3d 783 299 Conn. 681 (2011), a Connecticut Supreme Court case that essentially created a new way to establish legal parentage in
Connecticut, i.e., by being a party (Intended Parent) to a valid gestational agreement regardless of genetic connection to the child to be born to
the gestational surrogate. Attorney Ferrara appears frequently in courts throughout the State of Connecticut for all matters in involving assisted
reproduction law, pre-birth orders, and adoptions, including co-parent and step-parent adoption matters. She is a member of the Academy of
Assisted Reproductive Law Attorneys, the Family Law Institute, the National Gay and Lesbian Bar Association, the Connecticut Bar Association,
and the Greater Bridgeport Bar Association.

Joshua Gamson, Ph.D.

Joshua Gamson is Professor of Sociology at the University of San Francisco, where he moved in 2002 after nine years on the Yale University
faculty. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Claims to Fame: Celebrity in Contemporary
America (California, 1994); Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity (Chicago, 1998), winner of the Kovacs Book
Award from the Speech Communication Association and the American Sociological Association Culture Section Book Award; and The Fabulous
Sylvester: The Legend, The Music, The Seventies in San Francisco (Henry Holt/Picador, 2005), winner of the Stonewall Book Award and finalist
for a Lambda Literary Award. He has also written for magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, The New Yorker, and
The American Prospect. In 2009, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and is currently a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the
Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. His most recent book is Modern Families: Stories of Extraordinary Journeys to Kinship (New York
University, 2015).

Jerald S. Goldstein, M.D.

Founder and medical director of Fertility Specialists of Texas, Dr. Jerald S. Goldstein is a native Texan who received his medical degree from the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas. He is board certified in both obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive endocrinology
and infertility. Dr. Goldstein was an assistant professor in the division of reproductive endocrinology at Washington University Medical Center,
St. Louis. He has presented before numerous medical conferences and published in such peer-reviewed journals as Fertility and Sterility and
Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Goldstein is a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the American College of Obstetrics
and Gynecology and the Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility.

Kristen Hanson

Kristen Hanson is the Co-Owner and Executive Director of Finance and Contracts at Simple Surrogacy. Kristen oversees the financial aspects
of Simple Surrogacy, as well as managing the escrow accounts of our clients. Kristens legal responsibilities include working with associate
attorneys to determine state laws and required legal proceedings; locating separate legal counsel experienced in surrogacy law for Client and
Surrogate; review and assist in negotiating the surrogacy contract between Recipient Couple and Surrogate; and overseeing all necessary legal
filings and procedures (such as pre-birth orders and step parent adoptions) to establish parental rights for Intended Parents. Kristens escrow
responsibilities include overseeing the escrow and managing the account; monitoring and authorizing disbursements in accordance with your
contract; and sending intended parents itemized monthly statements of the escrow activity. Kristens first priority is to make sure all of our clients
money is handled in the most responsible way, that our Surrogates never receive a late payment, and that our clients are assured that their money
is well managed. Kristen is an experienced Egg Donor, and has extensive first-hand knowledge of the donation process.

Dean Hutchinson, Esq.

Dean Hutchison is Director of Legal Services for Circle Surrogacy and Vice Chairman of the American Bar Associations Committee on Assisted
Reproductive Technology. He received his Bachelors Degree from the University of Richmond and his law degree from Suffolk University. Prior to
working with Circle Surrogacy, he was an attorney at Lawson & Weitzen in Boston, Massachusetts for six years. Dean has managed hundreds of
ART matters over the course of his career and has organized and presented on many panels on the legal aspects of surrogacy and egg donation.
He has been named a Rising Star in Massachusetts Super Lawyer and Boston Magazine every year since 2009.

Tabitha Lundberg Koh, J.D.

Tabitha is the Director of Legal Services at Northwest Surrogacy Center, LLC. A graduate of the University of California Berkeley Law School
and an attorney since 2007, her practice areas include adoption, surrogacy, and assisted reproductive technology, as well as estate planning
and probate. She is licensed to practice law in California, Oregon, and Washington. Tabitha is a member of the American Academy of Adoption
Attorneys , Oregon Women Lawyers (OWLS), and the Oregon Gay and Lesbian Law Association.

Susanna Park, M.D.

World renowned for her fertility expertise, IVF success and excellence in medical care, Dr. Susanna Park has practiced as an infertility physician
for the past 15 years. Dr. Park joined the San Diego Fertility Center in 2013 following her tenure at Columbia University in New York City. Her
passion is to combine her extensive experience as an infertility physician with individualized care and compassion. Dr. Park is double boardcertified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. She graduated summa cum laude from Siena College and
obtained her medical degree at Albany Medical College. Dr. Park completed her residency and her fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and
Infertility, at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Park has developed a large international referral practice due to her excellent
patient rapport and high success rates with a variety of treatments including IVF, donor eggs, egg freezing and gestational surrogacy. Dr. Park
works closely with the leading surrogacy agencies to assist the LGBT community build families.

Eldon D. Schriock, M.D.

An internationally recognized expert in infertility, Dr. Schriock has been at the forefront of assisted reproductive technology since 1981. He was a
member of the medical team that performed the first in-vitro fertilization treatment in Northern California as well as the first intracytoplasmic sperm
injection which resulted in a live pregnancy. Dr. Schriock is Board Certified by The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in both Obstetrics
and Gynecology and in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. Dr. Schriock obtained his MD degree in 1977 from Northwestern University where
he also completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology. In 1983, he completed a Reproductive Endocrinology fellowship at the University of
California, San Francisco (UCSF). After his fellowship training, he was appointed to the faculty at the University of Tennessee. In 1990, Dr. Schriock
re-joined the UCSF IVF Program and later became the Director. Dr. Schriock is keenly attuned to the psychological repercussions of those undergoing
ART treatments and works to sensitize the medical community to a psychologically-informed approach to patient care.

Marcin Smietana, Ph.D.

Marcin Smietana is a postdoctoral fellow within the Marie Curie programme of the European Union at the University of California, Berkeley (Department
of Gender & Womens Studies) and the University of Cambridge, UK (Reproductive Sociology Research Group). In his current research (see: www.
surrogarts.eu) he is looking at surrogacy experiences of intended parents notably European gay fathers as well as surrogates, egg donors, and
practitioners in the US. Marcin has done research with Spanish gay fathers through transnational surrogacy as a member of the AFIN (AdoptionsFamilies-Infancies) group at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, as well as with gay father adoptive and surrogacy families and their childrens
schools during his PhD at the University of Barcelona. He received his MA in sociology at the Jagiellonian University in his native Cracow (Poland). His
recent publication is: Smietana, M., Jennings, S., Herbrand, C., & Golombok, S. (2014). Family relationships in gay father families. In: T. Freeman,
F. Ebtehaj, S. Graham, & M. Richards M. (eds.) Relatedness in Assisted Reproduction: Families, Origins and Identities. Cambridge University Press.

Steven H. Snyder, Esq.

Steven Snyder is the founding and principal partner of Steven H. Snyder & Associates, Attorneys At Law and the International Assisted Reproduction
Center (IARC) in Minnesota. Mr. Snyder attended law school at the University of Minnesota, graduating cum laude in 1982. Mr. Snyder successfully
litigated the first and only contested Minnesota surrogacy case to date in 2006 in which he won sole custody of the child for a single gay father.
He is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA), Immediate Past Chair of the Reproductive & Genetic Technology Committee of the Family
Law Section of the ABA, Past Chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association Family Law Section, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mr.
Snyder also serves on the national legal advisory committee of RESOLVE: The National Fertility Association, is past chair of the legal advisory group
for the American Fertility Association (for education, support, and advocacy on behalf of infertile persons), and is a member of the American Society
of Reproductive Medicine (national organization of fertility physicians) and its legal professionals group.

Charlie Spiegel

Charlie Spiegels SF law practice includes adoption and surrogacy for gay and straight couples and single people. Charlie is a former co-chair
of Lambda Legals National Board, one of the founding Executive Directors of Our Family Coalition, and recent board member of www.CPCal.
org andwww.KidsTurn.org. He educates regularly for Adoption Connection and Our Family. He graduated with honors from New York University
School of Law. While advocating for marriage equality over 25 years, Charlie became a parent through private infant adoption. Charlie won
JFCSs Fammy Award, is an annual volunteer in the Gender Spectrum free legal clinic, and does other volunteer mediation and education work
through the SF Family Court and Community Boards.

Deborah Wald, Esq.

Deborah Wald is the founder and managing partner of The Wald Law Group, a full-service family law firm in San Francisco. She focuses her
practice on adoption, assisted reproduction, parentage and custody litigation. She has been practicing assisted reproduction law for over a
decade, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys as well as the Academy of California Family
Formation Lawyers. She also teaches at the University of San Francisco School of Law. Ms. Wald is standing Chair of the National Family
Law Advisory Council of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and an active member of the Family Law Institute of the National LGBT Bar
Association. She and her partner have raised two sons, both now in college. There is no part of her work she enjoys more than assisting other
members of the LGBT community with fulfilling their dreams of becoming parents.

OFC AND MHB TEAMS

Judy Appel, OFC Executive Director

Judy Appel became the Executive Director of Our Family Coalition in 2005 and has led the organization through a vibrant period of expansion.
Judy has been a leader in bringing the voice and perspective of LGBTQ families to advocate for LGBTQ inclusion and equality. Prior to joining
OFC, Judy worked as the Director of Legal Affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance, a national, non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the harm
caused by drugs and drug policies. Prior to that, Judy founded the Civil Rights Legal Division of the Coalition on Homelessness in San Francisco
and then worked at Chapman, Popik & White LLP as a litigator. Judy was elected to the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education in
2012, where she served as President of the Board last year, advocating for educational equity for all students. Judy received her JD from UC
Hastings College of Law and her Masters in City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley. Judy lives in Berkeley with Alison, her partner of
twenty-four years and their two children who are 14 and 18 years old.

Anthony M. Brown, Esq., MHB board chairman

Anthony currently works for the law firm of Albert W. Chianese & Associates heading their Nontraditional Family and Estates Law division
serving married and unmarried individuals, couples and families. Anthony is the Executive Director of The Wedding Party and has been a Board
member since its inception in 1999. Anthony is the founder of TimeForFamilies.com, a web environment dedicated to assisting gay and lesbian
couples create their own families. Anthony has worked as a law guardian at The Childrens Law Center, representing the legal needs of children
in Brooklyn Family Court. Anthony also worked as a legal intern for Lambda Legal in the summer of 2002. Anthony was appointed as a board
member and Secretary of the board of Men Having Babies upon its incorporation in July 2012 and has served as Board Chairman since 2013.

Michelle Pine, MHB Surrogates Advisory board member

Michelle Pine and her husband have three children, ages 8, 4 and 2. She recently carried twins as a gestational surrogate for two amazing dads
from Tel Aviv, Israel. She and her family live in Klamath Falls, Oregon, where she teaches special education and language arts at the alternative
high school. Michelle joined Men Having Babies Surrogates Advisory Board in 2015 and has been most instrumental in the development of the
organizations Framework for Ethical Surrogacy for Intended Parents.

A.J. Edge, MHB Operations & Development Manager

A.J. has been with Men Having Babies since October 2013 and is currently the Operations & Development Manager. His past professional
experience includes working for an array of not-for-profit organizations including a Childrens Museum, an Opera company, and a Zoo. A.J.
graduated summa cum laude from Walden University with a BS in business administration and is currently working on his MBA also at Walden
University. Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, he now resides in New Jersey with his husband, Daniel, a veterinarian who works within the animal
health industry for a large pharmaceutical company. Together they have two boys, Jackson and Peyton.

Ron Poole-Dayan, MHB Executive Director

Ron is the executive director and founding board member of Men Having Babies. He has over 20 years of experience in marketing and business
strategy development both in the USA and internationally. Ron earned his Masters degree in political economy and comparative politics from
Columbia University, and his bachelors degree in business administration from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ron is married to Greg
Poole-Dayan, the Administrator of the Jewish Home Lifecare Nursing Home in the Bronx. The couple met in 1994, and are among of the first
same-sex couples in the nation to father children through gestational surrogacy. The twins, born in 2001, were conceived with the use of eggs
donated by Gregs sister, and carried by a gestational carrier. Ron has been the MHB program coordinator since 2005, and was appointed as
the Executive Director of Men Having Babies upon its in corporation in July 2012.

Georges Sylvestre, M.D., MHB board member

Georges Sylvestre is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist specialized in High-Risk Pregnancies, currently Chairman of OBGYN at Flushing Hospital
Medical Center in Queens. Georges and his husband David Margolis live in Manhattan, and are the proud fathers of Tristan and Noah, born in
2010 and 2013 via gestational surrogacy. Having grown up in France, Canada and Switzerland, the Sylvestre-Margolis boys speak French and
English at home, and has traveled extensively across the world, making a point of meeting other LGBT gay couples raising children. Georges
profession and personal experience give him a unique advantage in understanding the medical, psychological, ethical and financial challenges
of the IP/couple egg donor Gestational surrogate triad.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS:
John Chally, J.D.

John Chally, J.D. is one of the Directors and Founders of Northwest Surrogacy Center, LLC. He has 20 years of experience as a surrogacy
attorney, with a focus on securing the legal relationships between intended parents and their children. He also has nearly 40 years of experience
practicing in the areas of adoption and adoption litigation. He has a Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV Preeminent, indicating the highest level of
professional excellence and ethical standards, and is ranked as a Super Lawyer. He is a member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
and the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys. One of the early promoters of open adoption, John is a former
member of the State of Oregon Task Force on Adoption Services and the Oregon Law Foundation Adoption Committee. In 1985 he co-founded
Open Adoption & Family Services, Inc., one of the largest adoption agencies in the Pacific Northwest. He has published numerous articles and
book chapters on adoption and frequently speaks at adoption seminars.

Donna Raidy

Donna Raidy is our Vice President of Operations and oversees all operations at Fertility Source Companies. Donna has over 30 years of
experience in business management and takes tremendous pride in directing our great team of professional and compassionate staff
who all truly understand and appreciate the journey our Intended Parents are on. Donna is a longtime advocate for childrens rights and
volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in the dependent care system. Donnas love for family and children, coupled
with her extensive management experience is a unique blend that she brings to Fertility Source Companies and our Intended Parents.

Michael Feinman, MD, FACOG

Dr. Michael Feinman graduated from the UCLA School of Medicine. He then completed his Ob-Gyn residency at the Columbia-Presbyterian
Hospital in New York and the fellowship in REI at the University of Pennsylvania. He then helped establish one of the first outpatient IVF programs
at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1986. Dr. Feinmans team created one of the worlds first anonymous egg donor programs. He
moved back to his native California in 1992 and joined HRC-Fertility in 1998. Since his return to California, Dr. Feinman has been very active in
the area of third-party parenting and was an early provider of these services to same-sex couples. Dr. Feinman continues to speak internationally
on the ethical aspects of third-party parenting, including the legitimacy of compensated egg donation and surrogacy.

Brad Spencer

Brad Spencer is co-owner and co-founder of Same Love Surrogacy, a full service gay owned and operated egg donor and surrogacy agency based
in West Hollywood, CA. Brad partnered with close friends Jay Cook and Danny Wong for the inspiration of Same Love Surrogacy the personal
experience of three gay dads who created their families via surrogacy and egg donation. What all this personal experience taught us is that more
and more LGBTQ individuals are seeking to become parents via assisted reproductive technology, and we want to assist intending parents through
their journey to parenthood will giving back to the LGBTQ community. Brad was born, raised and resides with his husband and two twin boys in Los
Angeles, California. He has worked as a successful investment professional for nearly 20 years. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
and Finance from California State University Northridge (CSUN). Brads hobbies include tennis, golf, travel, and spending time with his family. Brad is
also an active supporter and volunteer for The Trevor Project, a national non-profit organization dedicated to preventing suicide among LGBTQ youth.

Said T. Daneshmand, MD, FACOG

Dr. Said Daneshmand completed his fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at the University of California, Los Angeles after completing
his residency at UCLA Medical Center. He is Specialty Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Subspecialty Board Certified in
Reproductive Endocrinology. As the Practice Director of The Fertility Center, Dr. Daneshmands focus has been in developing safer and more
successful protocols for patients undergoing IVF, especially for patients using an egg donor, a gestational carrier, or frozen embryos. Dr.
Daneshmand has expertise in complex IVF cases and his research has included work on endometrial receptivity as a way to maximize the
probability of success in IVF. He is internationally recognized for his expertise in egg donation and surrogacy and is one of the main providers
of third party care in the United States, with patients travelling from more than 35 countries in 2014. His practice is known for developing
and implementing cutting edge technologies, including next generation sequencing (NGS), the latest and most precise technique for assessing
embryonic genetic viability.

Collin B. Smikle, M.D.

Dr. Smikle is the founder and Medical Director of Laurel Fertility Care. Board certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as reproductive
endocrinology and infertility, he has extensive experience in IVF, all assisted reproductive technologies and advanced laparoscopic surgery.
He is a highly respected physician, researcher, teacher and medical author. Dr. Smikle graduated Yale Medical School (1985) and completed
his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Brigham and Womens Hospital at Harvard Medical School (1989). After residency, he served
in the USAF Medical Corps and held a teaching position at Wilford Hall Medical Center in Texas. He received specialty training in reproductive
endocrinology and infertility at the University of California San Francisco where he also did extensive research in oocyte and follicular
development and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). He felt that infertility patients needed a practice that remained at the cutting edge of
assisted reproductive technology as offered in an academic environment or a large practice, but with the individualized attention of a small
practice. With these loft goals, he founded Laurel Fertility Care in June 2005.

Dr. Guy Ringler

In clinical practice for twenty years, Dr. Ringler has developed a large international referral practice due to his excellent patient rapport and high
success rates with a variety of treatments including surgical correction of disease, IVF, donor eggs, egg freezing and gestational surrogacy.
Dr. Ringler has worked closely with the leading surrogacy agencies to help gay individuals and same-sex couples build families. He has helped
LGBT people worldwide achieve their dream of having children. As one of the worlds first fertility doctors to help gay men become parents, Dr.
Ringler is a family-building spokesperson for GLAAD and a contributor at the Huffington Post. Dr. Ringler is committed to patient education and
is on the Board of Directors of the American Fertility Association. With the AFA he has increased public awareness of fertility options for people
with HIV, and he has successfully helped HIV-positive people have children through surrogacy. Dr. Ringler is himself a gay man and lives in Los
Angeles with his long-term partner.

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Golden Surrogacy was established by married gay couple Adam & Frank Golden. Inspired by the success of their own journey to fatherhood they now
advocate for all loving couples and individuals who wish to become parents. Together, they gathered a remarkable team of experts comprised of veteran
surrogates, egg donors, attorneys, and psychologists who have over 40yrs combined knowledge in the field of third-party reproduction. The entire team
is passionately committed to delivering authentic and trustworthy service by maintaining meaningful relationships. Golden Surrogacy is on the esteemed
Corporate Member Council of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and Frank serves on the Board of Directors for Path2Parenthood. In addition,
the agency is Better Business Bureau accredited and a professional member of RESOLVE, The National Infertility Association. Golden Surrogacy has become
a leading resource for LGBT family building through surrogacy.

www.goldensurrogacy.com

SIMPLE
SURROGACY
GOLDEN

GOLD

S U R Rcouples
O G A C and
Y
Simple Surrogacy was founded in 2002 to assist
individuals in achieving a family through assisted reproduction. We
were founded on one simple principle: to provide our clients with the highest standard of care at an affordable price. We are one of
the largest surrogacy and egg donation agencies in the U.S., and are highly regarded in the surrogacy community for our expertise,
support and professionalism. Simple Surrogacy has worked with many International Clients on their journey to becoming parents,
using our personal attention to detail, prompt response and matching
times, and affordable prices. Our counselors, coordinators
LORA BOLD
and owners are all experienced in assisted reproduction, as former surrogates, Intended Parents or Egg Donors. It is our pleasure
to offer our clients that insiders expert knowledge at significantly reduced costs that enable many people to become Parents
through Surrogacy.
FUTURA BOOK ALL CAPS

www.simplesurrogacy.com

PACIFIC FERTILITY CENTER

GOLD

Pacific Fertility Centers (PFC) devoted team of physicians is recognized nationally and internationally for their extensive clinical experience, outstanding
academic credentials and research contributions, as well as for their success in treating the most challenging fertility cases. Each PFC physician is a
Certified Subspecialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI) with the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Their physicians have held
faculty positions at leading research universities. Each physician has actively participated in clinical research to advance the safety and success of infertility
treatments. As a group, PFCs physicians have performed IVF procedures longer than any other program in the Bay Area. Additionally, PFCs clinical
laboratory director is internationally recognized for his decades of work in human embryology. He and his team of extensively trained, certified embryologists
are devoted to leading this field in research and new technology.

www.pacificfertilitycenter.com
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NORTHWEST SURROGACY CENTER

GOLD

Founded in 1994 by attorneys specializing in surrogacy and adoption, Northwest Surrogacy Center, LLC is the leading and most successful surrogacy
program on the West Coast. NWSC is dedicated to helping people of all kinds create the families they have dreamed of by matching intended parents with
caring, responsible surrogates. We provide unparalleled service throughout the surrogacy process, from the application process to the birth and beyond.
NWSC is consistently ranked one of the best surrogacy agencies overall by the Men Having Babies survey, with lower than average costs and wait times,
and higher than average success rates. We work with Oregon Reproductive Medicine (ORM), one of the most successful IVF clinics in the world. In addition
to its flagship office in Portland, Oregon, NWSC also has an office in the heart of San Francisco, California.

www.nwsurrogacycenter.com

DONOR CONCIERGE

GOLD

Donor Concierge is a hands-on expert service that helps find the right egg donors and surrogates to match with client families. Our trained case managers
have a track record of outstanding results helping families find the right donor/surrogate through the best industry connections. This team of compassionate,
highly educated case managers tailors each search to find the best egg donor and surrogate matches to help you create your family. We work closely with
more than 100 of the best agencies and fertility professionals and bring a unique insight and understanding of the third party fertility industry world. We
are your advocate and friend through this most poignant journey guiding you and helping you make decisions that will enable you to welcome the child
youve been waiting for.

www.DonorConcierge.com

WORLDWIDE SURROGACY SPECIALISTS, LLC

GOLD

Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists (WSS) is dedicated to assist couples and individuals with the desire to achieve a family through third party assisted
reproduction by providing attentive, individualized representation at an affordable price. WSS is a caring and highly competent team of professionals led
by Founder and Legal Director Victoria T. Ferrara, Esq. We are here to save Intended Parents time, anguish and money, and to be a source of support for
all parties so they can focus on the joys of creating a family. Worldwide is a member of Resolve (The National Infertility Association), the American Fertility
Association, and the prestigious American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Lawyers. Please visit our website to learn more about our dedicated team of
professionals or like us on Facebook to get updates and the latest news about the surrogacy journey.

www.worldwidesurrogacy.org

OREGON REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE

GOLD

Love is Family, grow your family with the fertility experts at Oregon Reproductive Medicine (ORM). We understand that our work can have a profound effect
on the lives of our patients. Our mission is to provide the most compassionate and advanced fertility care possible. ORM is globally recognized for our
personalized care and for our extraordinary live birth success rates. Working with out of state or international families is one of our specialties. Surrogacy
is a specialty, as well as working with HIV+ intended parents. We have an integrated Donor Egg Program in house with donors that are carefully medically
screened & selected by ORM. Our in house Genetics team contributes to our high success rates. We are honored to be a part of each familys journey. We
cherish our work with our LGBTQ families across the globe.

www.oregonreproductivemedicine.com

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FERTILITY SOURCE COMPANIES

GOLD

Fertility SOURCE Companies mission is to provide individuals who are unable to conceive with the assistance they need to become parents,
including matching them with an egg donor, surrogate or both. As one of the largest egg donor and surrogacy agencies operating in the
United States, Fertility SOURCE Companies is proud to provide our clientele with the most comprehensive third party reproductive care and
coordination. Through its divisions, The Donor SOURCE and The Surrogacy SOURCE, the companys commitment is to provide the highest
degree of compassion, support and guidance to recipients, egg donors and surrogates. Fertility SOURCE Companies is proud to serve our
LGBT community. As the world of assisted reproduction continues to advance, LGBT families have the distinct opportunity to pave the way for
families empowered by choice that refuse to be limited by conception challenges or biological origin.

www.thesurrogacysource.com

FERTILITY SPECIALISTS OF TEXAS

SILVER

Dad. You want the name. We want to help make that happen. At Fertility Specialists of Texas weve helped thousands of couples on their path to parenthood
through our advanced, cutting-edge reproductive technology. A world-class facility with an award-winning team of fertility specialists, embryologists,
nurses and third-party coordinators, we pride ourselves on maintaining pregnancy rates well above the national average. With patients around the globe,
its important that we, at FST, remain steadfast in our commitment to two universal truths: providing you with the absolute best, tailor-made medical plan
for achieving parenthood and offering multiple financing options and programs to get you there. Compassionate care coupled with multiple surrogacy/egg
donor programs and financing options, at FST our passion is clear. Our passion is parenthood.

www.fertilitytexas.com

CIRCLE SURROGACY

SILVER

Circle Surrogacy is one of the nations largest and oldest full-service surrogacy agencies. Since 1995, we have helped couples
and single individuals of all backgrounds bring over 1,000 babies into the world through surrogacy and egg donation. Our
staff consists of attorneys, social workers, program coordinators, experienced surrogates, and parents through surrogacy. We
have achieved unparalleled success rates for our intended parents by controlling costs and insurance, securing high quality IVF
treatment, and focusing on making the best matches. Our innovative offerings include unlimited matching, unlimited IVF, fixed
fee, and concierge options. Circle is committed to openness and honesty, building relationships between intended parents and
surrogates, and thinking long-term. Were excited to get to know you!

www.circlesurrogacy.com

IARC

SILVER

At IARC, we have extensive knowledge and experience in the field of surrogacy and ovum donation. Our agencys procedures are based on over 1,000
surrogate and ovum donor births to intended parents of all types around the globe. We are proud to offer full-service support with all legal, medical, financial,
emotional, and educational aspects of this process while always remaining concerned about the well-being of each client, fertility helper, and unborn child.
You may count on thorough education, transparency, and personalized attention. This is not a one size fits all process, and we help intended parents to
make decisions that are best for their needs. We know this is an emotional step, but it is also one that is filled with excitement and hope. We hope to have
the honor of speaking with you as you decide your path forward.

www.fertilityhelp.com

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HRC FERTILITY

SILVER

HRC Fertility is one of the largest providers of advanced reproductive care in the United States. The Encino, Westlake Village and West Los Angeles office
share the state-of-the-art IVF laboratory located at our Encino location and, collectively, these three offices are referred to as HRC Encino. For over 25
years, our expert doctors have diagnosed and treated patients with the most advanced techniques and technology for a comprehensive range of infertility
problems. HRC Encino is staffed with highly qualified and experienced embryologists that uses proprietary techniques for embryo growth development and
transfer. Having an on-site, fully-credentialed IVF Laboratory with most advanced technologies provides a more controlled environment for patients and
establishes a continuity of care that is beneficial to assisted reproductive technology procedures.

www.havingbabies.com

SAME LOVE SURROGACY

SILVER

A full service gay owned and operated egg donor and surrogacy agency based in West Hollywood, CA. Owners Brad Spencer, Jay Cook and Danny Wong
are the inspiration of Same Love Surrogacy the personal experience of three gay dads who created their families via surrogacy and egg donation. What
all this personal experience taught us is that more and more LGBTQ individuals are seeking to become parents via assisted reproductive technology, and we
want to assist intending parents through their journey to parenthood will giving back to the LGBTQ community. Thats where Same Love Surrogacy comes
in. The three agency owners wanted to create a surrogacy agency tailored to the unique needs of LGBTQ intended parents. We wanted our agency to offer
person-to-person guidance to LGBTQ people embarking on the journey to parenthood, informed by our more than 15 years of cumulative experience with
surrogacy and donor services as well as our own perspectives as LGBTQ parents and surrogate to LGBTQ parents.

www.samelovesurrogacy.com

THE FERTILITY CENTER OF LAS VEGAS

BRONZE

The Fertility Center is among the leading fertility centers in the world and since 1988 has helped create thousands of families by providing the most advanced
fertility treatments available today. Together, Dr. Shapiro and Dr. Daneshmand have pioneered groundbreaking research, improving upon the success and
safety of IVF treatment and garnering them worldwide recognition from both patients and physicians. Their expertise has made them some of the most
sought after physicians in their field and they are often called upon by their colleagues to treat complex cases or patients with previously unsuccessful cycles.
Their client list consists of parents from all walks of life, including celebrities, physicians, and dignitaries from across the globe.With over 30+ years providing
assisted reproductive technology treatment, hopeful parents can be assured they will receive the highest quality care at The Fertility Center. Offices located
in Las Vegas, Beverly Hills and New York.

www.fertilitycenterlv.com

THE WALD LAW GROUP

BRONZE

The Wald Law Group is an all-purpose family law firm based in San Francisco. Its founder, Deborah Wald, has been certified as a Family Law Specialist
by the State Bar of California and was named a Northern California Super Lawyer for 2015. While her firm handles all aspects of family law, Ms. Walds
primary practice areas include Parentage Litigation, Custody, Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Law. Ms. Wald serves as an Advisor to the State Bar of
Californias Family Law Executive Committee (FlexCom) and is a fellow of the American Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys (AAARTA),
the reproductive law committee of the American Bar Association, and the Academies of California Adoption and Family Formation Lawyers. In addition, she
is Chair of the National Family Law Advisory Council for the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

www.waldlaw.net
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FAIRFAX EGGBANK

BRONZE

Finding the ideal egg donor is no easy effort. Fairfax EggBank provides a solution that can drastically reduce the time it takes to find your perfect donor and
start your family. We rigorously recruit and screen our donors to provide you a diverse selection of FDA-compliant donors. We provide human-touch client
services every step of the way to make the process simple and stress-free. Best of all, as soon as your surrogate is ready to cycle, we are able to ship the
frozen donor eggs immediately to your clinic. At Fairfax EggBank, we proudly support the LGBT community and our teams top priority is to help you achieve
your goal of building a family. Start your journey with us today.

www.fairfaxeggbank.com

LAUREL FERTILITY CARE

BRONZE

Laurel Fertility Care is a comprehensive boutique practice in the field of reproductive endocrinology and infertility using the most effective techniques of
modern fertility science. Laurel Fertility Care is staffed by two highly respected reproductive endocrinologists, Dr. Collin Smikle, and Dr. Geraldine Ekpo,
who have extensively studied the causes of infertility. Throughout the process, we provide expert care in a warm and compassionate environment, offering
support for the emotional as well as physical challenges of infertility. Laurel Fertility Care has been serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer
individuals, co-parents and extended families since our inception in 2005. Laurel Fertility Care has also been serving HIV+ sero-discordant patients and
their partners since the laws changed in California to make access to IVF legal. We are proud to be the first fertility clinic in Northern California to offer these
services

www.laurelfertility.com

EMD SERONO

BRONZE

EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, is a specialized biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing
therapies with groundbreaking potential. At EMD Serono, we recognized the potential of specialty pharmaceuticals and patient care long ago, and have
been dedicated to delivering on their promise ever since. We have a legacy of both trying to find solutions to hard to treat conditions, as well as developing
patient assistance programs that help ensure that those who need our therapies are able to access them. As one of the top five U.S. companies exclusively
focused on specialty care, we see our innovation as a matter of balancing science with emotion integrating our top minds in research and development
with the insights from patients and health care practitioners confronting real- world concerns.

www.emdserono.com

CALIFORNIA FERTILITY PARTNERS

BRONZE

As one of the worlds first fertility clinics to help gay men become parents, California Fertility Partners have assisted LGBT people worldwide achieve their
dream of having children. For two decades they have worked closely with the worlds leading surrogacy agencies and fertility law firms to help gay individuals
and same-sex couples build families. Dr. Guy Ringler has been selected by his peers as one of the Best Doctors in America, and as one of Californias
Super Doctors by Los Angeles Magazine. In 2010 Dr. Ringler received a Family Building Award by the American Fertility Association. Most recently he
traveled to China and Japan to inspire LGBT leaders and hopeful parents there. A gay man himself, he is a family-building spokesperson for GLAAD and a
contributor at the Huffington Post

www.californiafertilitypartners.com

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CHOICE SURROGACY, INC.

BRONZE

We are experienced professionals within the surrogacy industry that have helped thousands of new parents and surrogates. Providing excellence in service
for over 20 years and committed to choice and cost containment offering the lowest program cost guaranteed. Including cost cutting legal, medical,
psychological, insurance professional and escrow fees together with some fixed benefits for surrogates Why Choice: Parents and Surrogates choose Choice
for its outstanding commitment to continue innovating the surrogacy experience with leading edge business models of pricing and protection while keeping
the Parents financial investment and the Surrogates benefits first in mind. Who we are: Choice is a group of ground-breaking professionals working within
the surrogacy community for over two decades. How we serve: Choice facilitates the journey for the Parent and Surrogate by coordinating services with
each of its professional specialty partners.

www.choicesurrogacy.com

Global Leaders in Third Party Reproduction

Parenting with
Embracing Diversity

P ride

2015
Creating Modern Families

IVF * SURROGACY * EGG DONATION * INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION

Get Started today!! View our Egg Donor Data base at: www.eggdonor4u.com
11515 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA. 92130
Tele: 858-794-6363 Fax: 858-7946360
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Find the right egg donor or

surrogate from the best
agencies.
Schedule your free consultation NOW.

(415) 663-6097

www.donorconcierge.com

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Pacific Fertility Center is proud to

support the LGBTQ community with
their family

building goals.

www.pacificfertilitycenter.com/lgbtq

415.834.3095
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Fulfill Your Dream

of Becoming Parents
With comprehensive surrogacy matching services and legal
counseling Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists will guide you
along the path to parenthood and creating your family.

Visit us to download a FREE copy

of our best-selling surrogacy primer.
WorldwideSurrogacy.org/mhb
or call (203) 255-9877
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FROM THE SURROGACY ADVISOR PEER RATINGS DIRECTORY

from www.menhavingbabies.org/ratings as of 1-6-16
Overall
Score

# of
Reviews

Average
Journey Cost

Average
Journey
Length
(months)

Golden Surrogacy

9.80

124,000

15

www.goldensurrogacy.com

Creative Family Connections

9.58

43

133,000

19

www.creativefamilyconnections.com

NW Surrogacy

9.32

34

110,000

17

www.nwsurrogacycenter.com

IARC

9.29

24

105,000

23

www.fertilityhelp.com/

Tammuz

9.21

28

76,000

16

www.tammuz.com

Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists

9.19

26

123,000

17

www.assistedreproductionlaw.com

Fertility Miracles

9.15

20

124,000

17

www.fertilitymiracles.com

The Surrogacy Source

8.75

110,000

16

www.thesurrogacysource.com

Simple Surrogacy

8.69

49

95,000

17

www.simplesurrogacy.com

Surrogate Alternatives (SAI)

8.63

19

128,000

24

www.surrogatealternatives.com

ConceiveAbilities

8.60

104,000

19

www.conceiveabilities.com

Family Source Consultants

8.47

19

93,000

18

www.familysourcesurrogacy.com

Circle Surrogacy

8.08

110

130,000

19

www.circlesurrogacy.com

Lotus Blossom Consulting

7.83

128,000

23

www.LotusBlossomConsulting.com

Extraordinary Conceptions

7.78

18

138,000

16

www.extraconceptions.com

Growing Generations

7.50

18

171,000

21

www.growinggenerations.com

Reproductive Possibilities

7.46

24

127,000

21

www.reproductivepossibilities.com

Center for Surrogate Parenting (CSP)

7.00

10

124,000

19

www.creatingfamilies.com

Agencies

Web Site

Overall
Score

# of
Reviews

First cycle
success

Average
cycles per
journey

Virginia Center for Reproductive Medicine

9.73

30

70%

1.5

www.vcrmed.com

California Fertility Partners

9.64

11

50%

2.8

www.californiafertilitypartners.com

San Diego Fertility Center (SDFC)

Reproductive Medicine Associates of CT
(RMACT)
CT Fertility

9.60

100%

1.0

www.sdfertility.com

9.50

50%

1.8

www.rmact.com

9.43

135

78%

1.4

www.ctfertility.com

Fertility & Surgical Associates of CA

9.43

71%

2.0

www.fertilityassociates.com

Fertility center of Las Vegas

Center for Assisted Reproduction (CARE
Fertility)
La Jolla IVF

9.36

22

86%

1.3

www.fertilitycenterlv.com

9.33

83%

1.2

www.embryo.net

9.27

22

82%

1.3

www.lajollaivf.com

Surrogacy Centre India

9.25

50%

1.5

www.surrogacycentreindia.com

Fertility Specialists of Texas

9.25

100%

1.0

www.fertilitytexas.com

Fort Worth Fertility

9.23

22

65%

1.6

www.fwivf.com

Oregon Reproductive Medicine

9.11

36

89%

1.1

www.oregonreproductivemedicine.com

Fertility Center of IL (FCI)

9.06

16

73%

1.7

fcionline.com

Oregon Health & Science U. (OHSU)

9.00

75%

1.5

www.ohsu.edu

Dr. Pai - India

8.67

33%

4.8

RMA NJ

8.64

14

62%

1.4

www.rmanj.com

HRC Fertilty

8.57

14

77%

1.4

www.havingbabies.com

Pacific Fertility Center (PFCLA)

8.11

27

54%

1.8

www.pfcla.com.

Cardone Reproductive

7.25

25%

2.3

www.cardonerepromed.com

Clinics

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ABOUT OUR FAMILY COALITION

Millions of children in the united States are living in households headed by same-sex couples. In recent years, this number has grown exponentially
and continues to rise. Our Family Coalition exists to ensure these families have both visibility and voice within the broader lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer movement as well as among the general public. We effect change on a policy level and in family living rooms, schools, and
gathering places. The scope of our impact is visible in the work we do every day:
Our Policy and Communications Program builds public education campaigns that advance equity for LGBT-headed families with children,
engaging over 3,500 families in statewide advocacy efforts each year. Our recent efforts have contributed to the passage of the innovative
Modern Family Act and the full implementation of the FAIR Education Act.
Our Welcoming and Inclusive Schools Program works directly with school communities to introduce LGBT- inclusive curricula and
positive climate/safe school practices in elementary schools. We have trained more than 2,000 educators, impacting tens of thousands of
students in California.
Our Family Support Program works with LGBTQ parents/caregivers from family-building time through the school years and beyond. We
serve LGBT families and their children with workshops, support groups, and community-building by providing more than 150 individual
programs and events every year.

www.ourfamily.org

ABOUT MEN HAVING BABIES

Men Having Babies, Inc. is a nonprofit international organization that spun off from a program that had run at the NYC LGBT Center since 2005. It
provides guidance, advocacy & financial assistance for current and future gay surrogacy parents. Over time it has expanded to include over 2500
couples and singles worldwide and has been offering workshops and seminars in a growing number of locations. It also developed a framework
for ethical surrogacy, elaborate online resources, a directory with ratings and reviews of dozens of surrogacy agencies and IVF clinics, a financial
assistance program, a speakers bureau, and a vibrant online community forum.
Surrogacy Workshops and Conferences: MHB offers monthly workshops and annual seminars in NYC, and teams up with LGBT
parenting associations to provide annual conferences in San Francisco, Chicago, Tel Aviv and Brussels. Our conferences provide unparalleled
opportunities to get unbiased information, access a wide range of relevant service providers, and connect with others going through the
surrogacy process. Special interest panels for parents, prospects and professionals included topics such as Parenting for HIV+ men, Speaking
to your children about surrogacy and gay parenting, Testimonies from teenagers born via surrogacy, and Ethical considerations in surrogacy.
Gay Parenting Assistance Program (GPAP): The Gay Parenting Assistance Program (GPAP) was created as part of our mission to promote
the affordability of surrogacy services for gay men. GPAP annually provides dozens of couples with access to substantial discounts and about
$750,000 in cash grants and free services from about forty leading service providers. Funds for this program come from event sponsorship
fees and direct donations. Applications for the Stage I (discounts only) are accepted on a rolling basis, and Stage II candidates are evaluated
periodically.
SurrogacyAdvisor Directory: In an effort to promote transparency and affordability, MHB conducts surveys to receive feedback on program
needs and ratings of agencies and clinics. The hundreds of responses we receive allow us to offer exclusive rating tables with satisfaction
levels, success measures, and real cost gures. This information has already helped many prospective parents save thousands of dollars by
identifying affordable, effective providers. The directory includes a comprehensive listing of over 100 providers from the USA and beyond with
contact information, descriptions of services, video introductions, and reviews. A universal consultation request form allows our members to
contact dozens of providers in one step!

www.menhavingbabies.org