• MechanizedPossum [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      27·
      9 months ago

      There’s also altruistic surrogacy without a financial incentive for the surrogate, and there’s cis lesbian couples where one woman is the surrogate for the other. In my country, both of these options are illegal and that situation actually requires that queer people interested have the procedure done abroad. Framing the issue as “queer rights checklists include uncritically supporting commercial surrogacy”, in a thread about a post making clear homophobic dog whistles about “gay people having to rely on others to produce babies”, comes off as more than a little bit sus.

      • kristina [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        22·
        9 months ago

        cuba stays winning, a family can get legally recognized as two gay fathers and two gay mothers

        lowkey i feel like there should be a “dating” service for this so you dont need to go to a sperm bank and can have a bigger safety net for your kids

      • Red Wizard 🪄English
        7·
        9 months ago

        Thanks comrade, this is a welcome perspective. Not being queer myself, it’s a topic I’m not well educated in.

      • iridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        Oh sorry about that. You’re right, in the context of the post this is not really an appropriate place to entertain the topic. But let me be clear that I support altruistic surrogacy and think the redditor should be beaten to death with a stick. Well, figuratively at least.