I am a lawyer assisting clients in New York in Maine with family formation law matters including surrogacy, egg donation, sperm donation, embryo donation, adoption, establishing legal parentage, and child custody arrangements.
More than half of transgender individuals wish to become parents to biological children. Somewhere between 25-50% of transgender individuals are already parents. Transpeople want to become parents for the same reasons cisgender people do: desire to parent a child, to have their own family, to pass on their genetics, and love.
No one likes to think of worst case scenarios before a trip, but there are certain estate planning documents you should have in place before you leave.
When exploring your options for parenthood, visiting a reproductive endocrinologist experienced in working with LGBTQ individuals and same-sex couples is a must.